Table 3 in Carex borealifujianica (Cyperaceae), a new species of the core Carex clade from Fujian, southeastern China

Table 3. Variation of the diagnostic characters of the ten populations studied. PopulationCulm heightIndumentum on basal Leaf width Number ofLength of staminateWidth of staminateNumber ofLength of pistillatename(cm)sheath(mm)staminate spikes spikes (cm)spikes (mm)pistillate spikesspikes (cm)FJ-B [22]72.41±2.95pilose (1) [22]4.12±0.082.61±0.120.93±0.050.98±0.033.61±0.122.87±0.09SC-H [2]23.00±2.32glabrous (0) [2]3.97±0.091.00±0.002.23±0.210.99±0.053.29±0.183.03±0.29TI-H [2]63.17±2.46glabrous [2]5.04±0.311.00±0.001.93±0.090.73±0.044.00±0.002.91±0.15YN-H [2]34.00±1.00glabrous [2]3.47±0.191.00±0.001.48±0.060.78±0.033.71±0.181.98±0.11AH-L [11]59.25±3.27glabrous [11]9.77±0.241.00±0.001.31±0.071.15±0.115.36±0.152.35±0.13FJ-L [5]49.33±5.57glabrous [5]7.01±0.181.00±0.001.85±0.121.19±0.043.17±0.312.33±0.13HN-L [8]51.56±2.90glabrous [8]8.94±0.221.00±0.001.80±0.111.33±0.075.38±0.322.77±0.11JX-L [10]60.60±1.86glabrous [10]7.09±0.211.00±0.001.44±0.101.04±0.144.45±0.251.97±0.10SCCQ-L [8]62.38±3.62glabrous [8]9.00±0.261.00±0.001.62±0.211.25±0.136.00±0.423.24±0.14JA-L [10]45.68±2.20glabrous [10]7.68±0.111.00±0.001.88±0.131.35±0.075.05±0.172.66±0.10Population nameWidth of pistillate Utricle spikes (mm) density(cm)Utricle length (mm)Veins on utriclesShape of pistillate scalesLength of pistillate scales (mm)Indumentum on Achene shape Achene pistillate scales length (mm)FJ-B [22]3.63±0.048.40±0.194.22±0.03conspicuous (1) [22]ovate (0) [22]2.48±0.03glabrous (0) [1], villose ovoid (0) [2], 2.31±0.01 (1) [21] obovoid (1) [20]SC-H [2]2.49±0.078.12±0.343.62±0.16inconspicuous (0) [2]broadly ovate (1) [1], ovate [1]1.74±0.05glabrous [2]obovoid [1], ovoid 2.22±0.03 [1]TI-H [2]2.24±0.385.69±0.273.77±0.03inconspicuous [2]broadly ovate [2]1.76±0.05glabrous [2]ovoid [2]2.39±0.04YN-H [2]2.20±0.116.36±0.223.31±0.05inconspicuous [2]ovate [2]1.82±0.06glabrous [2]ovoid [2]2.12±0.06AH-L [11]4.98±0.1117.94±0.673.98±0.05inconspicuous [11]broadly ovate [1], ovate [10]2.36±0.06glabrous [11]obovoid [11] 2.45±0.02FJ-L [5]4.18±0.1311.90±0.624.28±0.04inconspicuous [5]broadly ovate [2], ovate [3]2.29±0.06glabrous [5]obovoid [5] 2.52±0.03HN-L [8]5.10±0.0919.23±0.784.22±0.07inconspicuous [8]broadly ovate [1], ovate [7]2.67±0.06glabrous [8]obovoid [8] 2.57±0.07JX-L [10]4.79±0.1017.58±0.523.97±0.03inconspicuous [10]broadly ovate [5], ovate [5]2.37±0.06glabrous [10]ovoid [4], obovoid 2.55±0.02 [6]SCCQ-L [8]5.17±0.0914.51±1.034.40±0.05inconspicuous [8]broadly ovate [2], ovate [6]2.67±0.05glabrous [8]ovoid [5], obovoid 2.66±0.04 [3]JA-L [10]5.54±0.1115.14±0.454.13±0.04inconspicuous [10]ovate [10]2.72±0.05glabrous [10]obovoid [10] 2.42±0.03The values of quantitative characters were measured from different specimens/individuals, and are shown as mean±SD. States for qualitative characters are displayed in brackets at the first mentionof each state. Values in square brackets correspond to the number of measured individuals. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264419.t003