TABLE 2 in Ferula ermenekense (Apiaceae), an interesting new species from Southern Anatolia in the eastern Mediterraenean Basin

TABLE 2 Comparison of mericarp characteristics of Ferula ermenekense, F. lycia, F. duranii and F. pisidica (L: length, W: width, T: thickness, SD: standard deviation; values in mm).
MericarpcharactersF. ermenekenseF. lyciaF. duraniiF. pisidicaL,W9.02–15.01mm, 5.02–7.50 mm7.00–10.3mm, 4.00–7.01 mm6.02–10.01 mm, 3.03–5.02 mm8.01–14.2 mm, 5.03–8.04 mmT1.92–2.03 mm1.25–1.50 mm0.70–1.51 mm1.45–2.001 mmL/W12.015/6.26:1.918.65/5.505:1.578.015/4.025:2.0111.105/6.535:1.69Mericarp Shapeobovate-elipticalrounded-oblongnarrowly elliptical-oblongoblongMericarp Colorbrownlight brownishdark brownlight brownishMericarp size (mm)9–15 × 5–7,57–10 × 4–76–10 × 3–58–14 × 5–8Mericarp wing wide (mm)0.5–0.71–1.50.3–0.50.5–0.7Mericarp dorsal ridgesfiliform straightslightly filiformfiliform and slightly undulatefiliform and slightly undulateornamentationrugulose, granulesrugulose-reticulateruguloserugulose-reticulateEpicuticular waxcrust; sparsely irregular plateletssmooth layer; irregular and sparsely plateletssmooth layer; diffuse, dense, irregular and nonentire plateletssmooth layer; tiny and very sparsely irregular plateletsEpidermal cells shapeincospicous more or less isodiametric, polygonalconspicous more or less isodiametric, especially quadrangle polygonalinconspicous more or less isodiametric, polygonalinconspicous rounded, more or less isodiametricAnticlinal cell wallsinconspicuous, regularly thickened and straightconspicuous, sunken, ribbed, undulateinconspicuous, irregularly thickened and straightinconspicuous, irregularly thickened and minutely raised to straightPericlinal cells wallsflatconvexconcaveflat