The Relationship between Diaspore Characteristics with Phylogeny, Life History Traits, and Their Ecological Adaptation of 150 Species from the Cold Desert of Northwest China

Figure 6

Box plots showing mean (+), median (—), quartiles, and outliers (-) of diaspore shape (variance) of 150 species grouped by different vegetative periods. Because annual-biennial (ABH) species is only one species, it does not compare with others. AH = annuals; ABH = annuals/biennials; BH = biennials; BPH = biennials/perennials; PH = perennials; S = shrubs; SS = semishrubs; SA = small arbor; AE = annuals ephemerals; ABE = annuals/biennials ephemerals; BE = biennial ephemerals.