Botanical Studies

Table 2 Seed morphometrics of Neuwiedia species

From: Seed dispersal in Neuwiedia singapureana: novel evidence for avian endozoochory in the earliest diverging clade in Orchidaceae

Species	Seed			Embryo
Species	Length, µm	Width, µm		Length, µm	Width, µm	Volume, µm³
N. singapureana	362.72 ± 21.94^b	303.45 ± 22.53^a		322.28 ± 25.88^a	292.14 ± 19.24^a	8,039,314.84 ± 1,814,669.32^a
N. veratrifolia	3241.67 ± 541.2^a	96.37 ± 15.21^b		131.51 ± 18.35^b	85.25 ± 12.79^b	298,349.06 ± 115,919.85^b

Data are mean ± SD. Means within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P = 0.05 by Fisher’s protected LSD test

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