Table 4 Mean ± standard error for each morphological variable measured in eight populations of Cosmos bipinnatus in central Mexico. Nested ANOVA results (F) are also shown

 Vegetative

  PLe

48.82***

3.43***

152.81 ± 2.33

  PW

77.21***

9.03***

1.31 ± 0.01

  NEP

1.17 ns

1.63 ns

8.01 ± 0.01

  NIP

2.55*

2.95***

8.01 ± 0.01

  MWL

119.42***

39.29***

66.19 ± 0.66

  TL

162.35***

31.40***

83.86 ± 0.61

  PL

32.76***

25.16***

6.43 ± 0.07

  TLL

182.29***

39.56***

90.67 ± 0.64

  MWPe

64.59***

35.75***

3.12 ± 0.03

  MVD

71.99***

18.85***

1.41 ± 0.02

  NS

132.98***

30.94***

9.41 ± 0.04

  FA

177.83***

73.75***

9.77 ± 0.18

  PA

1.84 ns

1.51 ns

0.14 ± 0.01

  TPL

172.36***

10.88***

8.07 ± 0.03

  MWP

204.28***

27.60***

1.48 ± 0.01

  OPW

813.39***

35.56***

2.72 ± 0.1

  LOP

2147.51***

65.10***

7.95 ± 0.03

  IPW

1615.34***

66.48***

4.02 ± 0.02

  LIP

5.94***

1.27 ns

10.31 ± 0.25

 Reproductive

  FW

25.21***

17.28***

1.43 ± 0.02

  FL

169.80***

17.88***

7.04 ± 0.03

  TIW

230.20***

3.47***

51.68 ± 0.5

  DW

1.01 ns

1.00 ns

19.56 ± 9.79

  IH

71.78***

12.41***

10.84 ± 0.12

  LN

10.99***

8.98***

8.07 ± 0.03

  CL

114.91***

72.34***

5.34 ± 0.02

  MWC

25.21***

17.28***

1.43 ± 0.02

  DFL

169.80***

17.88***

7.04 ± 0.03

  LL

1741.35***

18.78***

28.53 ± 0.11

  MWLi

2857.95***

67.06***

14.85 ± 0.07

  TrL

1.61 ns

2.27 ns

111.72 ± 2.01

  SI

7.60***

0.07 ns

76.85 ± 1.17

  SL

13.92***

3.71***

30.16 ± 0.25

  SW

12.71***

6.27***

20.64 ± 0.22