The results allow us to conclude that the gerbera accessions
investigated in the present study retain important genetic
diversity and that this diversity is structured within the group
of genotypes. Commercial accessions showed higher values of
Shannon’s coefficient in comparison to non-commercial accessions,
suggesting that breeding strategies for the species may focus
on these accessions for genotype recombination due to the fixation
of commercially important characteristics that are widely accepted
by the consumer market in these genotypes