Table 3. The quantitative characters of the internal structure of Cornus endocarps.
| No. | Description | Character abbreviation |
Type of character: continuous (C) discrete (D) |
Units of measurement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germination valve thickness | GVT | C | mm |
| 2 | Septum width | SMW | C | mm |
| 3 | Thickness of endocarp wall (germination valve) divided by endocarp diameter, multiplied by 100 | WTP | C | % |
| 4 | Number of cavities in endocarp wall | DCN | D |