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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