Table 1. Organisms, coarse taxonomic group, plastid genome size, coding proportion of ptDNA, primary mode of plastid inheritance, and references to support the mode of inheritance.

Organism	Accession #	TaxonomicGroup	Plastid GenomeSize (bp)	Codingproportion	PrimaryInheritance	Reference
Cicer arietinum	NC_011163	Land Plant	125319	0.52	Biparental	[10], [37] *
Ectocarpus siliculosus	NC_013498	Stramenopile	139954	0.74	Biparental	[38], [39] *
Equisetum arvense	NC_014699	Land Plant	133309	0.54	Biparental	[40]
Geranium palmatum	NC_014573	Land Plant	155794	0.37	Biparental	[10]
Ipomoea purpurea	NC_009808	Land Plant	162046	0.54	Biparental	[41], [42]
Medicago truncatula	NC_003119	Land Plant	124033	0.53	Biparental	[43]
Oenothera argillicola	NC_010358	Land Plant	165055	0.49	Biparental	[10], [44]
Oenothera biennis	NC_010361	Land Plant	164807	0.49	Biparental	[10], [44]
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri	NC_002693	Land Plant	165728	0.49	Biparental	[10], [44]
Oenothera glazioviana	NC_010360	Land Plant	165225	0.49	Biparental	[10], [44]
Oenothera parviflora	NC_010362	Land Plant	163365	0.49	Biparental	[10], [44]
Pelargonium×hortorum	NC_008454	Land Plant	217942	0.52	Biparental	[10], [45]
Phaseolus vulgaris	NC_009259	Land Plant	150285	0.54	Biparental	[10], [46] *
Pisum sativum	NC_014057	Land Plant	122169	0.53	Biparental	[10], [47]–[49]
Psilotum nudum	NC_003386	Land Plant	138829	0.65	Biparental	[50]
Selaginella moellendorffii	NC_013086	Land plant	143780	0.54	Biparental	[51]
Trifolium subterraneum	NC_011828	Land Plant	144763	0.39	Biparental	[52]
Solanum lycopersicum	NC_007898	Land Plant	155461	0.58	Maternal	[53]
Arabidopsis thaliana	NC_000932	Land Plant	154478	0.51	Maternal	[10], [54]
Bryopsis hypnoides	NC_013359	Green Algae	153429	0.35	Maternal	[55]
Carica papaya	NC_010323	Land Plant	160100	0.49	Maternal	[56] *
Chara vulgaris	NC_008097	Green Algae	184933	0.48	Maternal	[57]
Cheilanthes lindheimeri	NC_014592	Land Plant	155770	0.52	Maternal	[58]
Coffea arabica	NC_008535	Land Plant	155189	0.51	Maternal	[10]
Cucumis sativus	NC_007144	Land Plant	155293	0.5	Maternal	[10], [59] *
Cuscuta exaltata	NC_009963	Land Plant	125373	0.48	Maternal	[10]
Cuscuta gronovii	NC_009765	Land Plant	86744	0.61	Maternal	[10]
Cuscuta obtusiflora	NC_009949	Land Plant	85286	0.6	Maternal	[10]
Cuscuta reflexa	NC_009766	Land Plant	121521	0.49	Maternal	[10]
Cycas taitungensis	NC_009618	Land Plant	163403	0.55	Maternal	[60] *
Daucus carota	NC_008325	Land Plant	155911	0.5	Maternal	[61], [62]
Eimeria tenella	NC_004823	Apicomplexan	34750	0.67	Maternal	[63]
Ephedra equisetina	NC_011954	Land Plant	109518	0.66	Maternal	[33]
Eucalyptus globulus subsp. globulus	NC_008115	Land Plant	160286	0.5	Maternal	[64] *
Fragaria vesca subsp. vesca	NC_015206	Land Plant	155691	0.53	Maternal	[65]
Fucus vesiculosus	NC_016735	Stramenopile	124986	0.79	Maternal	[66]
Ginkgo biloba	NC_016986	Land Plant	156988	0.42	Maternal	[67]
Glycine max	NC_007942	Land Plant	152218	0.51	Maternal	[10]
Gossypium hirsutum	NC_007944	Land Plant	160301	0.49	Maternal	[68]
Gracilaria tenuistipitata	NC_006137	Red Algae	183883	0.82	Maternal	[69]
Helianthus annuus	NC_007977	Land Plant	151104	0.51	Maternal	[70]
Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare	NC_008590	Land Plant	136462	0.44	Maternal	[71], [72]
Lolium perenne	NC_009950	Land Plant	135282	0.44	Maternal	[73]
Manihot esculenta	NC_010433	Land Plant	161453	0.45	Maternal	[10]
Nicotiana tabacum	NC_001879	Land Plant	155943	0.54	Maternal	[74]
Olea europaea	NC_013707	Land Plant	155888	0.53	Maternal	[75]
Oryza sativa Indica Group	NC_008155	Land Plant	134496	0.36	Maternal	[10]
Oryza sativa Japonica Group	NC_001320	Land Plant	134525	0.49	Maternal	[10]
Panicum virgatum	NC_015990	Land Plant	139619	0.43	Maternal	[76] *
Populus trichocarpa	NC_009143	Land Plant	157033	0.53	Maternal	[77] *
Porphyra purpurea	NC_000925	Red Algae	191028	0.81	Maternal	[78] *
Ricinus communis	NC_016736	Land Plant	163161	0.49	Maternal	[10]
Silene vulgaris	NC_016727	Land Plant	151583	0.53	Maternal	[79]
Solanum tuberosum	NC_008096	Land Plant	155296	0.53	Maternal	[10]
Sorghum bicolor	NC_008602	Land Plant	140754	0.42	Maternal	[10]
Toxoplasma gondii	NC_001799	Apicomplexan	34996	0.6	Maternal	[80]
Triticum aestivum	NC_002762	Land Plant	134545	0.45	Maternal	[10]
Vitis vinifera	NC_007957	Land Plant	160928	0.49	Maternal	[10]
Volvox carteri	GU084820	Green Algae	461064	0.2	Maternal	[81] *
Zea mays	NC_001666	Land Plant	140384	0.48	Maternal	[82] *
Cathaya argyrophylla	NC_014589	Land Plant	107122	0.57	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Cedrus deodara	NC_014575	Land Plant	119299	0.53	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Cephalotaxus wilsoniana	NC_016063	Land Plant	136196	0.58	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Cryptomeria japonica	NC_010548	Land Plant	131810	0.56	Paternal	[88]
Keteleeria davidiana	NC_011930	Land Plant	117720	0.54	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Larix decidua	NC_016058	Land Plant	122474	0.5	Paternal	[89]
Picea morrisonicola	NC_016069	Land Plant	124168	0.48	Paternal	[90] *
Picea sitchensis	NC_011152	Land Plant	120176	0.37	Paternal	[90] *
Pinus contorta	NC_011153	Land Plant	120438	0.49	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Pinus gerardiana	NC_011154	Land Plant	117618	0.51	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Pinus koraiensis	NC_004677	Land Plant	117190	0.54	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Pinus krempfii	NC_011155	Land Plant	116989	0.51	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Pinus lambertiana	NC_011156	Land Plant	117239	0.52	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Pinus monophylla	NC_011158	Land Plant	116479	0.52	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Pinus nelsonii	NC_011159	Land Plant	116834	0.52	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Pinus thunbergii	NC_001631	Land Plant	119707	0.62	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Pseudotsuga sinensis var. wilsoniana	NC_016064	Land Plant	122513	0.56	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Taiwania cryptomerioides	NC_016065	Land Plant	132588	0.62	Paternal	[33], [83]–[87] *
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	NC_005353	Green Algae	203828	0.39	Uniparental	[91] *
Nephroselmis olivacea	NC_000927	Green Algae	200799	0.63	Uniparental	[92]
Zygnema circumcarinatum	NC_008117	Green Algae	165372	0.51	Uniparental	[93]

^*Evidence for plastid inheritance in one or more studies listed was obtained from an interspecific or widely divergent strain cross.