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Table 3 Genetic diversity statistics presented as Nei′s gene diversity (H) and Shannon index (H′) in  Rumex acetosa  and  Commelina communis  based on ISSR data (for each population separately and also divided in two types according to edaphic conditions)

From: Contrasting patterns of genetic divergence in two sympatric pseudo-metallophytes: Rumex acetosa L. and Commelina communis L.

Edaphic type

Populations

H

H′

  

R. acetosa

C. communis

R. acetosa

C. communis

M

DGS

0.1532

0.1997

0.2476

0.3116

M

FHS

0.1641

0.1870

0.2610

0.2936

M

SZS

0.1616

0.1914

0.2553

0.2967

M

TS

0.1860

0.1958

0.2842

0.3060

M

AJS

0.1556

0.1646

0.2439

0.2558

M

JHS

0.1611

n.a.

0.2515

n.a.

M

TJ

0.1619

n.a.

0.2536

n.a.

M

TLS

n.a.

0.1538

n.a.

0.2446

M

TSK

n.a.

0.1528

n.a.

0.2391

 

Mean ± SD

0.163 ± 0.011a

0.178 ± 0.020 b

0.257 ± 0.013a

0.278 ± 0.031 b

N

DGSCK

0.1543

0.2048

0.2472

0.3169

N

TLCK

0.1422

0.2016

0.2280

0.3108

N

TSCK

0.1813

0.2089

0.2776

0.3241

N

SCCK

0.1480

0.2584

0.2305

0.3899

N

JSCK

0.1603

0.2360

0.2464

0.3572

N

HZCK

n.a.

0.2558

n.a.

0.3830

 

Mean ± SD

0.157 ± 0.015a

0.228 ± 0.026 a

0.246 ± 0.020a

0.347 ± 0.035 a

  1. *: M, metallicolous; N, non-metallicolous; n.a., data not available.
  2. Data followed by different letters in the same column indicate a significant difference (P  < 0.05).