Plant species

Photosynthetic pigments (mg/g FW)

Chl a

Chl b

Carotenoids

A. indica

5.52 ± 0.94^bc

2.42 ± 0.87^bc

1.34 ± 0.14^ab

S. sulfurea

7.48 ± 1.21^ab

2.20 ± 0.26^bc

1.90 ± 0.21^a

Z. spina-christi

9.31 ± 1.37^a

2.86 ± 0.07^abc

1.68 ± 0.29^ab

C. sebestena

5.04 ± 0.28^bc

2.95 ± 0.17^abc

1.68 ± 0.29^ab

T. stans

10.54 ± 1.02^a

3.67 ± 0.31^ab

1.92 ± 0.05^a

B. spectabilis

7.65 ± 2.18^ab

4.37 ± 1.19^a

1.38 ± 0.06^ab

C. lancifolius

7.19 ± 1.07^abc

3.16 ± 0.89^abc

1.34 ± 0.16^ab

I. coccinea

3.93 ± 0.21^c

1.77 ± 0.42^c

0.98 ± 0.17^b

Statistics

F value

10.278**

4.930**

3.895*

LSD at 5%

3.363

1.828

0.805

LSD at 1%

4.176

2.270

1.000