Table 2 Mass, length and width of fruits and seeds in the five subpopulations (subpops) of Poterium spinosum.

From: Intrapopulation germinability may help the Mediterranean plant species Poterium spinosum L. to cope with climate changes and landscape fragmentation

Subpop

100-fruit mass (g ± SD)

Fruit length (mm ± SD)

Fruit width (mm ± SD)

100-seed mass (g ± SD)

Seed length (mm ± SD)

Seed width (mm ± SD)

A

0.734 ± 0.15a

4.1 ± 0.75a

3.2 ± 0.49a

0.582 ± 0.11a

3.0 ± 0.49a

2.1 ± 0.35a

B

0.950 ± 0.19b

3.5 ± 0.60b

3.4 ± 0.51b

0.701 ± 0.14b

2.8 ± 0.42b

2.0 ± 0.29b

C

0.792 ± 0.16c

4.0 ± 0.69a

3.6 ± 0.45c

0.550 ± 0.10c

3.0 ± 0.51a

1.7 ± 0.26c

D

0.877 ± 0.17d

3.8 ± 0.58c

3.5 ± 0.48d

0.661 ± 0.15d

2.9 ± 0.46c

1.4 ± 0.24d

E

0.900 ± 0.18e

3.5 ± 0.70d

3.5 ± 0.57d

0.643 ± 0.14e

3.0 ± 0.45d

1.8 ± 0.31e

  1. Different letters show significantly different values among the five subpopulations for a given morphometric parameter (p < 0.05, Kruskal–Wallis H-test and Mann–Whitney U-test).