The smaller similarity indices were found for the Gunda
genotype although its commercial characteristics do not strikingly
differ from the other accessions (Table 1). Considering, for instance,
the genotype Brasil, it shares three commercial features with
Gunda (flower type, flower stem and inflorescence color) among
the four characteristics analyzed, however its similarity coefficient
is of 0.48. This information along with the coefficients between
Feria and Brasil (0.82), which have two characteristics in common,
and Amazone and Avana (0.59) that share all the agricultural
characteristics with the other accessions, indicate that the
evaluated commercial characteristics do not directly relate to
the genetic similarity coefficients, leading to the conclusion that
the highest genetic similarity coefficients not always indicate a
higher number of shared characteristics. Similarly, it was not
possible to associate the phenotypic characteristics with the
genotype clusters.