Research Article
Floral Diversity and Genetic Structure of Tea Germplasm of Sri Lanka
Table 4
Pearson correlation coefficients of 13 floral morphological traits.
| | Bud length | Bud width | Corolla diameter | Petal length | Petal width | Style length | Style column length | Style arm length | Total number of sepals | Total number of petals | Number of style arms | Number of sepal whorls | Number of petal whorls |
| Bud length | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bud width | 0.711 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | | | | Corolla diameter | 0.440 | 0.454 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | | | Petal length | 0.462 | 0.430 | 0.819 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | | Petal width | 0.364 | 0.401 | 0.344 | 0.267 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | Style length | 0.382 | 0.244 | 0.608 | 0.586 | 0.228 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | Style column length | 0.060 | −0.021 | 0.066 | 0.070 | 0.063 | 0.567 | 1.000 | | | | | | | Style arm length | 0.167 | 0.191 | 0.366 | 0.317 | 0.074 | 0.013 | −0.752 | 1.000 | | | | | | Total number of sepals | 0.120 | 0.156 | 0.194 | 0.038 | 0.002 | −0.023 | −0.050 | 0.091 | 1.000 | | | | | Total number of petals | 0.045 | 0.092 | 0.175 | 0.093 | 0.152 | −0.214 | −0.267 | 0.120 | 0.149 | 1.000 | | | | Number of style arms | 0.24 | 0.098 | 0.298 | 0.181 | 0.022 | 0.171 | −0.015 | 0.235 | 0.114 | 0.374 | 1.000 | | | Number of sepal whorls | 0.048 | 0.061 | 0.056 | 0.113 | 0.014 | −0.035 | −0.075 | 0.043 | 0.321 | 0.147 | −0.096 | 1.000 | | Number of petal whorls | −0.011 | 0.107 | 0.237 | 0.111 | 0.142 | −0.160 | −0.289 | 0.211 | 0.215 | 0.658 | 0.240 | 0.148 | 1.000 |
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