Morphological and Photosynthetic Response to High and Low Irradiance of Aeschynanthus longicaulis

Table 1

Leaf characteristics of plants grown under high and low light.

Leaf characteristics	High light	Low light	Significance
Thickness (mm)	1.12±0.04	0.86±0.03	***
Area (mm^2)	812.0±29.33	1524.5±70.42	***
Perimeter (mm)	163.4±7.33	182.8±3.82	*
Length (mm)	73.2±0.94	83.8±1.73	***
Width (mm)	18.0±0.49	28.7±0.71	***
SLW (g/m^2)	340.0±9.92	171.5±8.09	***
Water content (%)	93.0±0.11	95.0±0.17	***
Stomatal density (number/mm^2)	86.9±2.4	70.7±1.7	***

Data are means ± SE (𝑛=25); ∗,∗∗,∗∗∗indicate significant difference at 𝑃<0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively.