Table 1 Mean (±SE) of the number of leaves per unit shoot axis length, leaf dry mass per unit shoot axis length, leaf to shoot axis dry mass ratio, number of leaves per unit shoot axis dry mass, leaf dry mass per unit total shoot mass and leaf area per unit total shoot mass for Taxus chinensis var. mairei and Taxus yunnanensis.

Indexes	Species	Low light	Middle light	High light
Leaf number per unit shoot axis length	Taxus chinensis var. mairei	3.54 ± 0.13a	3.21 ± 0.12a	3.95 ± 0.17b
Leaf number per unit shoot axis length	Taxus yunnanensis	3.29 ± 0.16a	3.40 ± 0.11a	5.03 ± 0.18b
Leaf dry mass per unit shoot axis length	Taxus chinensis var. mairei	0.023 ± 0.002a	0.026 ± 0.001ab	0.028 ± 0.002b
Leaf dry mass per unit shoot axis length	Taxus yunnanensis	0.022 ± 0.001a	0.026 ± 0.002b	0.028 ± 0.001b
Leaf dry mass per unit shoot axis dry mass	Taxus chinensis var. mairei	3.08 ± 0.27a	2.98 ± 0.20a	3.44 ± 0.27a
Leaf dry mass per unit shoot axis dry mass	Taxus yunnanensis	2.58 ± 0.25a	3.32 ± 0.27b	4.17 ± 023c
Leaf number per unit shoot axis dry mass	Taxus chinensis var. mairei	500.24 ± 41.12a	391.70 ± 31.28b	512.04 ± 43.99a
Leaf number per unit shoot axis dry mass	Taxus yunnanensis	386.60 ± 31.76a	436.41 ± 34.31a	795.14 ± 78.62b
Leaf dry mass per unit total shoot mass	Taxus chinensis var. mairei	0.74 ± 0.02a	0.74 ± 0.01a	0.76 ± 0.01a
Leaf dry mass per unit total shoot mass	Taxus yunnanensis	0.70 ± 0.02a	0.75 ± 0.01a	0.80 ± 0.01b
Leaf area per unit total shoot mass	Taxus chinensis var. mairei	1.08 ± 0.07a	0.89 ± 0.09a	0.94 ± 0.08a
Leaf area per unit total shoot mass	Taxus yunnanensis	1.14 ± 0.08ab	0.93 ± 0.05a	1.30 ± 0.10b

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