Table 2 Structural and physiological leaf traits of Cunninghamia lanceolata from different provenances (Mean ± SE). Means followed by different lower case letters are significantly different among provenances. Values in the parenthesis are coefficient of variation (CV)

GR

0.04 ± 0.00ab

92.23 ± 4.25de

0.26 ± 0.04ab

0.77 ± 0.08b

0.31 ± 0.02ab

(8.83%)

(4.61%)

(16.38%)

(10.63%)

(6.82%)

JP

0.03 ± 0.00a

92.60 ± 4.93de

0.31 ± 0.01ab

0.83 ± 0.12bc

0.33 ± 0.03abc

(12.66%)

(5.32%)

(4.56%)

(14.46%)

(10.20%)

PB

0.04 ± 0.00abc

89.19 ± 1.11d

0.29 ± 0.00ab

0.77 ± 0.03b

0.29 ± 0.02a

(6.99%)

(1.24%)

(0.91%)

(4.35%)

(6.30%)

XW

0.04 ± 0.00abc

79.86 ± 11.47bcd

0.30 ± 0.01ab

0.73 ± 0.07b

0.35 ± 0.04abcd

(9.82%)

(14.37%)

(4.62%)

(9.45%)

(10.89%)

GL

0.04 ± 0.01bc

63.06 ± 6.66ab

0.33 ± 0.01bc

0.72 ± 0.01b

0.37 ± 0.04bcd

(18.24%)

(10.56%)

(2.17%)

(1.24%)

(9.87%)

LC

0.04 ± 0.00abc

58.80 ± 6.39a

0.37 ± 0.03c

0.93 ± 0.02c

0.39 ± 0.01 cd

(11.10%)

(10.86%)

(7.26%)

(2.65%)

(3.14%)

QN

0.04 ± 0.00abc

87.25 ± 6.66d

0.29 ± 0.00ab

0.73 ± 0.06b

0.32 ± 0.01abc

(4.23%)

(7.64%)

(0.99%)

(8.87%)

(3.92%)

LN

0.04 ± 0.00c

67.52 ± 4.58abc

0.31 ± 0.02ab

0.71 ± 0.02b

0.30 ± 0.06a

(7.87%)

(6.78%)

(7.99%)

(3.46%)

(18.87%)

SG

0.03 ± 0.00a

65.19 ± 9.78ab

0.33 ± 0.03bc

0.53 ± 0.03a

0.41 ± 0.05d

(8.14%)

(15.01%)

(9.86%)

(5.04%)

(12.72%)

JR

0.04 ± 0.00c

78.57 ± 9.38bcd

0.30 ± 0.02ab

0.83 ± 0.00b

0.29 ± 0.03a

(1.00%)

(11.94%)

(8.13%)

(0.15%)

(11.42%)

XY

0.03 ± 0.00ab

89.04 ± 2.38d

0.27 ± 0.03a

0.56 ± 0.09a

0.33 ± 0.02abc

(7.58%)

(2.68%)

(10.72%)

(15.37%)

(4.94%)

LQ

0.03 ± 0.00a

107.56 ± 13.12e

0.31 ± 0.00ab

0.81 ± 0.04bc

0.29 ± 0.03a

(10.44%)

(12.20%)

(1.32%)

(5.24%)

(11.56%)

LA

0.04 ± 0.00abc

82.68 ± 6.11bc

0.29 ± 0.00ab

0.82 ± 0.10bc

0.30 ± 0.03a

(3.30%)

(7.39%)

(1.31%)

(12.57%)

(9.47%)

Overall mean & CV

0.04 ± 0.01

81.04 ± 15.49

0.30 ± 0.03

0.75 ± 0.12

0.33 ± 0.05

(15.02%)

(19.11%)

(11.20%)

(16.58%)

(15.75%)