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Table 1 A comparison of several floral traits between Short- and Long-styled morphs of Psychotria cephalophora

From: Distyly and floral morphology of Psychotria cephalophora (Rubiaceae) on the oceanic Lanyu (Orchid) Island, Taiwan

 

Short-styled morph

Long-styled morph

Mann Whitney’s

 

N†

Mean ± S. D.

N†

Mean ± S. D.

Utest

Inflorescence size (mm)

20§

18.2 ± 2.36

20

16.8 ± 1.81

ns‡

Number of flowers/inflorescence

20§

32.5 ± 7.53

20

28.1 ± 5.65

ns‡

Stigma height (mm)

20¶

2.7 ± 0.32

20

4.9 ± 0.48

p < 0.001

Anther height (mm)

20¶

5.0 ± 0.38

20

3.3 ± 0.32

p < 0.001

Corolla height (mm)

20¶

3.1 ± 0.36

20

3.2 ± 0.32

ns‡

  1. †N: Number of individuals examined.
  2. §:Two inflorescences on each individual were examined.
  3. ¶:Two flowers from different inflorescences on each individual were examined.
  4. ‡ns: Not significantly differnet between two floral morphs (p > 0.05).