Table 2

Relative and total amounts of n-alkanes (straight chain saturated hydrocarbons) and n-alkenes (straight chain unsaturated hydrocarbons) in the investigated orchid species. Compounds are ordered in retention times. Total amounts are given in ng per single labellum

Orchis italica

Orchis provincialis

Orchis mascula

Orchis quadripunct.

Orchis anthropoph.

Serapias lingua

Serapias cordigera

Serapias parviflora

Ophrys sphegodes

Anacamptis papilionacea


Alkane

Heneicosane (C21)

1.71

0.70

0.66

1.19

1.58

1.20

14.58

0.72

5.27

2.04

Docosane (C22)

0.79

0.00

0.00

0.36

0.75

0.29

1.19

0.00

1.76

0.20

Tricosane (C23)

37.05

0.85

5.53

14.86

10.82

6.13

8.01

1.47

28.41

8.35

Tetracosane (C24)

1.98

0.47

1.72

2.21

0.92

1.63

0.58

1.38

2.51

0.49

Pentacosane (C25)

16.88

12.07

39.38

29.62

24.47

14.28

2.72

16.84

11.08

15.79

Hexacosane (C26)

1.64

5.41

2.73

2.63

1.25

2.20

0.26

3.54

0.72

0.63

Heptacosane (C27)

20.65

46.00

35.32

32.51

26.92

15.00

2.62

33.73

5.19

22.07

Octacosane (C28)

1.38

6.54

1.40

2.66

0.83

0.90

0.35

3.86

0.42

1.02

Nonacosane (C29)

8.14

27.97

12.42

9.21

8.00

3.76

1.96

31.73

2.12

12.89

Sum (%)

90.22

100.00

99.17

95.26

75.54

45.38

32.27

93.29

57.49

63.49

Total amount (ng)

266.78

123.80

206.31

119.22

118.68

834.06

1210.49

147.82

513.69

418.86

Alkene

7-Heneicosene

0.00

0.00

0.46

0.00

0.00

0.54

28.43

0.00

0.13

0.35

11-Tricosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.16

9-Tricosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.26

1.59

2.41

0.00

1.15

0.63

7-Tricosene

0.60

0.00

0.00

0.00

2.04

2.89

29.03

0.00

0.90

1.02

11-Pentacosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

4.43

0.45

0.00

0.00

3.02

9-Pentacosene

0.42

0.00

0.00

0.00

8.50

0.00

0.83

0.00

13.06

0.34

7-Pentacosene

0.80

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.38

13.07

5.31

0.00

2.11

0.42

5-Pentacosene

5.44

0.00

0.00

0.51

1.11

0.99

0.67

0.00

0.44

10.71

11-Heptacosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.38

0.14

0.00

6.58

8.89

9-Heptacosene

0.78

0.00

0.19

1.62

7.68

6.17

0.00

0.56

10.00

0.86

7-Heptacosene

0.64

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.08

9.02

0.30

1.11

1.15

0.76

5-Heptacosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

11-Nonacosene

0.15

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

3.83

7.95

9-Nonacosene

0.46

0.00

0.19

1.17

1.41

8.18

0.10

3.31

3.18

0.85

7-Nonacosene

0.50

0.00

0.00

1.44

0.00

7.37

0.07

1.74

0.00

0.55

5-Nonacosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Sum (%)

9.78

0.00

0.83

4.74

24.46

54.62

67.73

6.71

42.51

36.51

Total amount (ng)

28.93

0.00

1.73

5.94

38.44

1003.87

2540.77

10.64

379.86

240.84

Anacamptis morio

Nigritella rhellicani

Gymnadenia conopsea

Gymnadenia odoratissima

Dactylorhiza maculata

Himantogl. hircinum

Platanthera bifolia

Neotinea ustuata

Neotinea lactea

Alkane

Heneicosane (C21)

0.21

1.98

0.00

10.54

0.00

0.45

0.00

0.55

0.00

Docosane (C22)

0.15

0.00

0.00

1.61

0.00

0.15

0.00

0.35

0.00

Tricosane (C23)

10.88

13.21

6.42

39.17

4.03

2.40

1.46

10.34

5.67

Tetracosane (C24)

3.43

2.33

0.00

1.70

0.00

0.93

1.06

1.45

0.00

Pentacosane (C25)

38.64

15.57

9.35

14.41

5.35

33.99

18.14

10.52

14.06

Hexacosane (C26)

3.17

0.00

0.00

1.39

0.00

2.54

2.95

1.59

6.11

Heptacosane (C27)

28.30

13.44

0.00

0.00

4.78

41.16

31.79

15.13

39.84

Octacosane (C28)

1.89

0.00

3.38

0.00

2.97

1.29

6.11

1.35

9.75

Nonacosane (C29)

9.91

4.53

25.44

0.00

33.56

13.23

23.23

7.26

24.56

Sum (%)

96.58

51.06

44.59

68.82

50.69

96.14

84.74

48.54

100.00

Total amount (ng)

299.09

25.20

11.80

30.87

12.89

388.24

15.96

43.35

8.87

Alkene

7-Heneicosene

0.98

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.42

0.00

0.00

0.00

11-Tricosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

42.69

0.00

9-Tricosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.09

0.00

0.00

0.00

7-Tricosene

1.44

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.22

0.00

0.47

0.00

11-Pentacosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

5.42

0.00

9-Pentacosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.31

0.00

0.00

0.00

7-Pentacosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.65

0.00

0.00

0.00

5-Pentacosene

1.00

4.15

17.40

12.32

13.85

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

11-Heptacosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

9-Heptacosene

0.00

5.64

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.52

1.20

0.00

0.00

7-Heptacosene

0.00

26.08

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.88

0.00

0.00

0.00

5-Heptacosene

0.00

0.00

33.35

15.69

35.46

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

11-Nonacosene

0.00

0.00

4.65

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.92

0.00

9-Nonacosene

0.00

6.54

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.33

9.63

0.00

0.00

7-Nonacosene

0.00

6.53

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.43

4.43

1.97

0.00

5-Nonacosene

0.00

0.00

0.00

3.17

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Sum (%)

3.42

48.94

55.41

31.18

49.31

3.86

15.26

51.46

0.00

Total amount (ng)

10.60

24.15

14.67

13.99

12.54

15.58

2.87

45.96

0.00


Schiestl and Cozzolino BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008 8:27   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-27

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