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Table 2 Comparisons of leaf morphology characteristics of H. major collected in this study and published data from H. ovalis

From: Genetic species identification and population structure of Halophila(Hydrocharitaceae) from the Western Pacific to the Eastern Indian Ocean

Characteristic

Species

 

H. ovalis

H. majorMY-mb

H. majorMY-gs

H. majorMM-gy

H. major

Lamina width (mm)

5-20

12 – 15

12 – 15

13

9-11

Lamina length (mm)

10-40 (-70)

18 – 22

18 – 22

22

15 – 25

No. of cross veins

10 – 25

18 – 20

18 – 20

20

14 - 17

Space between intramaginal vein (mm)

0.1 – 0.3

0.25 – 0.3

0.25 – 0.3

0.3

0.2

Half lamina width: distance between intramarginal veins and lamina margin ration

1:12-16

1:21 – 22

1:21 – 22

1:20

1:20-25

Source

[5]

This study

This study

This study

[5]