Research Article
Genetic Diversity in Passiflora Species Assessed by Morphological and ITS Sequence Analysis
Table 2
Morphological parameters of nine Passiflora accessions.
| Parameter | Passiflora species | P. edulis (PE1) | P. edulis(PE2) | P. edulis (PE3) | P. edulis (PE4) | P. maliformis | P. quadrangularis | P. incarnata | P. foetida (PF1) | P. foetida (PF2) |
| Vegetative morphology | LL | 13.82 ± 0.69a | 13.71 ± 0.91a | 13.12 ± 0.37a | 13.85 ± 1.04a | 12.03 ± 0.49a | 13.66 ± 0.60a | 8.71 ± 0.48b | 7.34 ± 0.89b | 6.42 ± 1.04b | LW | 14.12 ± 0.16a | 14.08 ± 0.36a | 14.26 ± 0.92a | 14.67 ± 0.52a | 9.93 ± 0.69b | 10.42 ± 0.42b | 6.57 ± 0.57d | 8.21 ± 0.71c | 7.27 ± 0.86cd | STW | 0.59 ± 0.54ab | 0.56 ± 0.71ab | 0.58 ± 0.34ab | 0.57 ± 0.51a | 0.49 ± 0.92bc | 0.63 ± 1.08ab | 0.39 ± 0.75cd | 0.32 ± 0.47d | 0.25 ± 0.26d | TL | 24.43 ± 2.06a | 26.95 ± 3.65a | 25.83 ± 0.63a | 23.56 ± 0.35a | 23.87 ± 1.51a | 26.63 ± 0.27a | 23.52 ± 1.15a | 16.03 ± 1.23b | 13.38 ± 1.47b | TW | 0.13 ± 0.05a | 0.14 ± 0.03a | 0.12 ± 0.01a | 0.13 ± 0.04a | 0.14 ± 0.02a | 0.15 ± 0.01a | 0.07 ± 0.06b | 0.06 ± 0.02b | 0.06 ± 0.02b |
| Reproductive morphology | BL | 3.37 ± 0.07bc | 2.89 ± 0.07bcd | 3.30 ± 0.12bc | 3.46 ± 0.20b | 6.69 ± 0.16a | 2.59 ± 0.12d | 2.32 ± 0.27d | 2.73 ± 0.49cd | 2.73 ± 0.18cd | BW | 2.15 ± 0.02b | 1.73 ± 0.04bc | 2.13 ± 0.02b | 2.49 ± 0.49b | 4.23 ± 0.05a | 1.22 ± 0.03c | 1.28 ± 0.05c | 2.32 ± 0.57b | 2.35 ± 0.37b | FLS | 8.91 ± 0.41cd | 9.18 ± 0.58c | 8.77 ± 0.23cd | 9.09 ± 0.37c | 10.54 ± 0.87b | 12.16 ± 0.96a | 8.37 ± 0.32d | 4.20 ± 0.44e | 3.86 ± 0.25e | PTL | 3.64 ± 0.08b | 3.89 ± 0.18ab | 3.63 ± 0.09b | 3.66 ± 0.08b | 1.98 ± 0.30c | 4.13 ± 0.16a | 4.04 ± 0.07a | 2.16 ± 0.26c | 2.05 ± 0.14c | PTW | 1.23 ± 0.04bc | 1.15 ± 0.07c | 1.37 ± 0.33b | 1.22 ± 0.04bc | 0.41 ± 0.02e | 1.97 ± 0.03a | 0.83 ± 0.04d | 0.77 ± 0.03d | 0.72 ± 0.04d | SPL | 3.59 ± 0.08b | 3.57 ± 0.09b | 3.52 ± 0.11b | 3.55 ± 0.13b | 4.06 ± 0.12a | 4.16 ± 0.11a | 4.15 ± 0.09a | 2.49 ± 0.15c | 2.33 ± 0.20c | SPW | 1.27 ± 0.11b | 1.19 ± 0.31b | 1.34 ± 0.45b | 1.37 ± 0.38b | 1.77 ± 0.16a | 1.85 ± 0.19a | 1.22 ± 0.10b | 0.62 ± 0.03d | 0.61 ± 0.04d | OCR | 3.40 ± 0.52bc | 3.70 ± 0.48b | 3.70 ± 0.48b | 4.00 ± 0.48b | 2.00 ± 0.00d | 3.00 ± 0.00c | 5.00 ± 0.00a | 2.00 ± 0.00d | 2.00 ± 0.00d | CL | 2.45 ± 0.40c | 2.72 ± 0.18c | 2.56 ± 0.16c | 2.53 ± 0.26c | 3.79 ± 0.85b | 6.26 ± 0.50a | 3.42 ± 0.47b | 1.32 ± 0.22d | 1.29 ± 0.26d | FM | 83.3 ± 14.55b | 49.8 ± 13.35b | 64.4 ± 10.91b | 124.4 ± 4.55b | 35.5 ± 6.12b | 2175.0 ± 51.57a | 2.1 ± 0.66b | 1.34 ± 7.45b | 1.45 ± 6.19b | FL | 7.95 ± 1.39bc | 5.48 ± 0.89cd | 5.92 ± 0.67cd | 9.02 ± 0.77b | 4.30 ± 0.57d | 22.38 ± 2.53a | 2.80 ± 0.03de | 1.38 ± 0.23e | 1.43 ± 0.35e | FD | 6.68 ± 0.83b | 4.68 ± 1.36d | 5.57 ± 0.42cd | 6.49 ± 0.37bc | 3.88 ± 0.14e | 12.96 ± 0.70a | 2.45 ± 0.10f | 1.44 ± 0.14fg | 1.38 ± 0.11g | SL | 0.63 ± 0.03b | 0.61 ± 0.03b | 0.59 ± 0.05b | 0.63 ± 0.02b | 0.61 ± 0.03b | 0.98 ± 0.14a | 0.56 ± 0.05bc | 0.43 ± 0.03cd | 0.41 ± 0.04d | SW | 0.41 ± 0.02b | 0.40 ± 0.02b | 0.40 ± 0.01b | 0.45 ± 0.02b | 0.38 ± 0.03b | 0.74 ± 0.06a | 0.42 ± 0.05b | 0.28 ± 0.01c | 0.29 ± 0.02c |
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Different superscript letters within the same row indicate significant differences (Tukey’s test, P ≤ 0.05) among the means of each variable of the Passiflora accessions. LL-leaf length (cm), LW-leaf width (cm), STW-stem width (cm), TL-tendril length (cm), TW-tendril width (cm), BL-bract length (cm), BW-bract width (cm), FLS-flower size (cm), PTL-petal length (cm), PTW-petal width (cm), SPL-sepal length (cm), SPW-sepal width (cm), ORC-outer corona rows, CL-corona length (cm), FM-fruit mass (g), FL-fruit length (cm), FD-fruit diameter (cm), SL-seed length (cm), and SW-seed width (cm).
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