Table 2.

Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes of the seven Aster species.

Species	Aster polius	Aster albescens	Aster argyropholis	Aster lavandulifolius	Aster procerus	Aster falcifolius	Aster pycnophyllus	Aster yunnanensis
GenBank accession	OM912721	OM912718	OM912719	OM912720	ON515467	ON515469	ON515468	ON515470
Plastome size (bp)	152,045	152,729	152,725	152,719	152,656	152,664	152,721	152,589
LSC length (bp)	83,716	84,410	84,405	84,399	84,438	84,386	84,470	84,374
IR length (bp)	25,046	25,055	25,055	25,055	24,980	25,040	24,988	25,025
SSC length (bp)	18,237	18,209	18,210	18,210	18,258	18,198	18,275	18,165
GC content (%)	37.35	37.3	37.29	37.29	37.27	37.3	37.28	37.31
Number of genes	133	133	133	133	132	133	132	133
Protein-coding genes	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87
tRNA genes	38	38	38	38	37	38	37	38
rRNA genes	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8