## 3 Results and Discussion
### Determination of Geographical and Botanical Origins of Corsican \"Spring\" Honeys
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**No \({}^{\ast}\)**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Type \({}^{\text{b}}\)**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Taxa**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**PR \({}^{\text{c}}\)**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Relative frequency (RF) \({}^{\text{d}}\)**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**BC \({}^{\text{g}}\)**} \\ \cline{5-9}  & & & & **Mean** & & **Min.** & & **Max.** & **SD \({}^{\text{e}}\)** & **CV \({}^{\text{f}}\)** \\ \hline
**T35** & N, P & _Jasione montana_ & 17 & 2.0 & 0.3 & 10.0 & 3.5 & 176.0 & 54 \\
**T36** & N, P & _Rosaceae_ others & 17 & 1.2 & 0.3 & 3.0 & 1.0 & 85.6 & nd \\
**T37** & N, P & _Asteraceae Dittrichia_ form & 17 & 1.0 & 0.2 & 1.9 & 0.8 & 74.4 & 21-94 \\
**T38** & N, P & _Rhamus_ sp. & 15 & 1.0 & 0.3 & 3.3 & 1.1 & 117.6 & 21 \\
**T39** & N, P & _Psoralea bituminosa_ & 15 & 0.7 & 0.3 & 1.6 & 0.5 & 75.6 & 31 \\
**T40** & N, P & _Knaulia_ sp. & 15 & 0.5 & 0.3 & 0.9 & 0.3 & 52.8 & 31 \\
**T41** & N, P & _Lupinus angustifolius_ & 12 & 4.8 & 0.3 & 18.9 & 8.0 & 166.1 & 21 \\
**T42** & P & _Cytinus hypocositis_ & 12 & 0.9 & 0.4 & 1.8 & 0.7 & 77.6 & 29 \\
**T43** & N, P & _Hedera helix_ & 12 & 0.8 & 0.3 & 1.3 & 0.4 & 46.1 & 65 \\
**T44** & N, P & _Liliaceae others_ & 12 & 0.4 & 0.3 & 0.6 & 0.2 & 45.8 & nd \\
**T45** & N, P & _Allium_ sp. & 12 & 0.4 & 0.3 & 0.6 & 0.2 & 42.9 & 21-25 \\
**T46** & N, P & _Acacia dealbata_ & 12 & 0.4 & 0.3 & 0.4 & 0 & 13.3 & 99 \\
**T47** & P & _Atmus_ sp. & 7 & 2.3 & 0.3 & 6.1 & 3.3 & 146.5 & 51 \\
**T48** & N, P & _Dorycinum_ sp. & 10 & 1.5 & 0.3 & 3.2 & 1.2 & 83.3 & 35 \\
**T49** & N, P & _Rosmarinus officinalis_ & 10 & 1.7 & 0.4 & 3.0 & 1.3 & 77.9 & 21 \\
**T50** & P & _Yitis vinifera_ & 7 & 1.5 & 0.4 & 3.0 & 1.3 & 89.4 & 99 \\ \hline \end{tabular}  
* Order of taxa were classified by decreasing presence ratio (PR). \({}^{\text{b}}\) Type of taxa: P, polleniferous taxa; N, nectariferous taxa [5]. \({}^{\text{e}}\) PR: presence ratio, number of honey samples presented/41 samples, expressed as %. \({}^{\text{d}}\) Mean, Min., Max. values expressed as relative frequency RF (number of specify pollen counted/total pollen counted). \({}^{\text{e}}\) SD: standard deviation. \({}^{\text{f}}\) CV: coefficient variation. \({}^{\text{g}}\) Biogeographical Code, according to [PERSON] [5]: \({}^{\text{f}}\) [1]—_Endemic_: 14 Mediterraneano-montane_ origin; 2—_Steno-Mediterranean_: 21 Wider stenomedit., 25 Western stenomedit., 29 Western macaroensian stenomedit.; 3—_Eury-Mediterranean_: 31 Wider eurymedit., 35 Western eurymedit.; 5—_Eurasian_: 51 Wider eurscan, 52 Eurasian, 54 European-caucasian, 55 European, 58 South east europan, 59 Southern European; 6—_Atlantic_: 62 Subatlantic, 65 Atlantic Mediterranean; 94 sub-Cosmopolitan; 99 Cultivated plants; nd: not defined. \({}^{\text{h}}\) Castanea sativa, taxa of “over-represented” type, could be considered as only-polleniferous taxon according to its RF (\(<\)40%) and lower pollen density taking into account its over-represented pollen type [6,24]. \({}^{\text{i}}\) Genista form contained essentially _Genista corsica_, and also _Cytisus villosus_, _Calicotome spinosa_ and _Calicotome villosa_. \({}^{\text{j}}\)_Prunus_ form contained _Prunus_ sp. and other fruit tree.
* Forty two other determined taxa (PR \(<\) 10%): _Populus_ sp., _Boraginoaceae_ others, _Runex_ sp., _Ostya carpinfolia_, _Ilex aquifolium_, _Platanus_ sp., _Silene gallica_, _Stachys glutinosa_, _Anthyllis hermanniae_, _Papaver_ sp., _Urticaceae_, _Reseda_ sp., _Aesculus hippocampus_, _Carpobrotus_ sp., _Cercis siliquastrum_, _Potentilla_ form, _Rannuculaceae_, _Coryus avellana_, _Asteraceae Helichrysum_ form, _Arbunas_ _medo_, _Erica_ others, _Cupressaceae_, _Sambucus ebulus_, _Anemone hortensis_, _Smilax aspera_, _Cynoglossum creticum_ form, _Amaryllidaeaceae_, _Cyperaceae_, _Helleborus lividus_ subsp. _corsicus_, _Mercurialis annua_, _Robinia pseudoacacia_, _Clematis_ sp., _Chenopodiaceae_, _Caryophyllaceae_ others, _Borago officinalis_, _Centaurea_ sp., _Yerbascum_ sp., _Teucrium_ sp., _Centaurium erythrae_, _Feroica_ sp., _Asteraceae_ others, _Bucus sempervirens_ (according to decreasing PR).  
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