Floral Diversity and Genetic Structure of Tea Germplasm of Sri Lanka

Table 3

Descriptive statistics of morphological traits of tea germplasm.

Trait	Min	Max	Mean	CV%
Bud length (mm)	9.91	16.03	12.97	10.17
Bud width (mm)	8.05	15.18	11.48	10.37
Corolla diameter (mm)	12.56	48.21	32.17	12.82
Petal length (mm)	14.19	24.00	17.56	11.23
Petal width (mm)	9.72	54.06	14.38	33.81
Total number of sepals	4	7	5.20	8.78
Total number of petals	5	12	7.38	18.44
Number of whorls of sepals	2	3	2.06	11.26
Number of whorls of petals	2	3	2.73	16.35
Number of style arms	3	4	3.13	10.96
Style length (mm)	3.58	14.61	10.47	15.87
Style column length (mm)	0	10.59	6.72	38.83
Style arm lengths (mm)	1.11	10.23	3.99	57.70

Min = minimum value; max = maximum value; CV = coefficient of variance.