Table 2.
Morphological comparison of Silenemartinolii, S.neglecta and S.nocturna. Quantitative values are expressed as 10–90 percentile intervals, with minimum and/or maximum in brackets and as mean ± standard deviation.
| S.martinolii | S.neglecta | S.nocturna | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratio length/width of longest stem leaf | (2.11)2.20–3.10(3.11) 2.60 ± 0.43 | (1.66)1.71–4,21(5.55) 2.92 ± 1.00 | (1.05)3.06–9.13(11.0) 5.77 ± 2.42 |
| Length of longest eglandular hair on lowest part of stem (mm) | (2.14)2.20–2.65(2.75) 2.42 ± 0.23 | (1.95)2.05–2.80(3.10) 2.38 ± 0.31 | (0.22)0.31–2.03(2.53) 1.09 ± 0.64 |
| Length of longest eglandular hair on middle part of stem (mm) | 1.20–1.67(1.78) 1.44 ± 0.24 | (0.70)0.84–1.64(1.80) 1.21 ± 0.32 | 0.20–0.42(0.61) 0.28 ± 0.10 |
| Length of longest glandular hair on middle part of stem (mm) | (0.43)0.53–0.97(1.02) 0.75 ± 0.22 | (0.32)0.49–1.0(1.15) 0.68 ± 0.19 | (0.14)0.17–0.22(0.23) 0.19 ± 0.02 |
| Length of longest eglandular hairs on inflorescence axis (mm) | (0.35)0.37–0.55(0.58) 0.49 ± 0.09 | (0.25)0.30–0.74(1.10) 0.51 ± 0.19 | (0.14)0.18–0.28(0.42) 0.21 ± 0.05 |
| Length of longest glandular hairs on inflorescence axis (mm) | (0.68)0.72–0.82(0.84) 0.78 ± 0.06 | (0.57)0.60–0.83(1.20) 0.74 ± 0.13 | (0.14)0.18–0.23(0.30) 0.20 ± 0.02 |
| Ratio number of flowers/cm | (0.37)0.45–0.78(0.86) 0.62 ± 0.17 | (0.30)0.45–1.0(1.09) 0.68 ± 0.18 | (0.30)0.43–0.84(1.38) 0.64 ± 0.21 |
| Calyx length of lower flower (mm) | (10.50)10.70–11.54(11.70) 11.10 ± 0.44 | (10.3)10.5–11.62(12.0) 11.0 ± 0.46 | (8.0)10.44–12.6(12.6) 11.12 ± 0.83 |
| Longest calyx tooth length (mm) | (2.50)2.58–2.92(3.0) 2.76 ± 0.18 | (2.5)2.7–3.14(3.4) 2.95 ± 0.21 | (1.5)1.7–2.3(2.4) 2.0 ± 0.20 |
| Longest calyx tooth width (mm) | 1.60–1.70 1.64 ± 0.05 | (1.0)1.36–2.0(2.1) 1.7 ± 0.28 | (1.1)1.5–1.82(2.2) 1.68 ± 0.21 |
| Ratio calyx length/calyx tooth | 3.90–4.15(4.20) 4.02 ± 0.12 | (3.38)3.50–3.98(4.12) 3.73 ± 0.19 | (4.77)5.16–6.24(6.76) 5.59 ± 0.46 |
| Length of longest eglandular hairs on calyx limb (mm) | (0.24)0.26–0.78(0.90) 0.49 ± 0.26 | (0.18)0.21–0.69(0.88) 0.44 ± 0.20 | (0.20)0.21–0.31(0.51) 0.25 ± 0.06 |
| Length of longest glandular hairs on calyx limb (mm) | (0.50)0.58–0.77(0.78) 0.70 ± 0.11 | (0.30)0.31–0.70(0.71) 0.55 ± 0.14 | < 0.1 |
| Length of longest eglandular hairs on calyx veins (mm) | (0.43)0.48–1.04(1.22) 0.72 ± 0.31 | 0.3–1.1(2.0) 0.83 ± 0.41 | (0.20)0.22–0.76(0.92) 0.46 ± 0.21 |
| Length of longest glandular hairs on calyx veins (mm) | (0.72)0.76–0.92(0.93) 0.85 ± 0.09 | (0.27)0.39–1.16(1.97) 0.80 ± 0.27 | 0.10–0.14(0.15) 0.11 ± 0.02 |
| Dominating type of hairs on calyx | glandular or eglandular + glandular | glandular or eglandular + glandular | eglandular |
| Petal limb incision | < 30% of limb length | < 30% of limb length | > 50% of limb length |
| Number of hairy stamen filaments | 5–10 | 5–10 | 0 |
| Gonophore length (mm) | 2.0–2.26(2.3) 2.14 ± 0.13 | 2.0–2.34(2.6) 2.2 ± 0.15 | (0.8)1.0–1.4(1.5) 1.18 ± 0.14 |
| Largest seed length (mm) | (0.92)0.93–1.01(1.03) 0.97 ± 0.04 | (0.90)0.91–1.02(1.05) 0.96 ± 0.04 | (0.65)0.69–0.77(0.81) 0.72 ± 0.04 |
| Largest seed width (mm) | (0.78)0.79–0.87(0.88) 0.83 ± 0.04 | (0.76)0.80–0.89(0.91) 0.83 ± 0.04 | (0.55)0.58–0.68(0.70) 0.61 ± 0.04 |