Seed size distributions of fleshy-fruited species are more right-skewed compared to that of dry-fruited species

Highlights • We compiled the first dataset on skewness of seed size distribution.• The dataset encompasses 103 species, belonging to 72 genus and 33 families.• Skewness varied among species, ranging from −1.4 to 4.84.• Fleshy-fruited species was more right skewness in seed size than dry-fruited species.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Plant Diversity

• Publication date

  2025-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.pld.2025.02.002PMID 40497004PMCID 12146852
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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