Table 5. Distribution of SSRs present in the 30 asterid chloroplast genomes.

Taxon	Genome Size (bp)	AT (%)	SSR type							CDS
			Mono	Di	Tri	Tetra	Penta	Hexa	Total	%a	No.b	%c
Ageratina adenophora	150,698	63	115	35	4	7	0	1	162	49	50	31
Anthriscus cerefolium	154,719	63	141	62	3	8	2	1	217	50	68	31
Atropa belladonna	156,687	62	117	46	2	9	0	0	174	51	50	29
Boea hygrometrica	153,493	62	98	40	3	8	0	0	149	52	46	31
Coffea arabica	155,189	63	115	46	3	4	0	0	168	51	57	34
Datura stramonium	155,871	62	109	40	3	8	0	0	160	52	53	33
Daucus carota	155,911	62	133	56	6	8	2	0	205	50	69	34
Eleutherococcus senticosus	156,768	62	109	47	2	7	0	0	165	50	56	34
Guizotia abyssinica	151,762	62	119	42	2	8	0	1	172	52	71	41
Helianthus annuus	151,104	62	119	33	4	4	0	0	160	51	63	39
Ipomoea purpurea	162,046	63	146	38	5	13	1	1	204	53	67	33
Jacobaea vulgaris	150,689	63	124	51	8	8	0	0	191	51	55	29
Jasminum nudiflorum	165,121	62	149	42	8	9	3	3	214	50	81	38
Lactuca sativa	152,765	62	118	49	3	2	0	0	172	48	43	25
Nicotiana sylvestris	155,941	62	118	41	5	9	1	0	174	54	62	36
Nicotiana tabacum	155,943	62	118	41	5	9	1	0	174	54	62	36
Nicotiana tomentosiformis	155,745	62	122	43	4	8	1	0	178	54	58	33
Nicotiana undulata	155,863	62	119	41	3	10	1	0	174	56	62	36
Olea europaea	155,888	62	155	35	0	4	2	0	196	51	50	26
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata	155,862	62	152	36	0	3	2	0	193	51	46	24
Olea europaea subsp. europaea	155,875	62	153	35	0	3	2	0	193	51	46	24
Olea europaea subsp. maroccana	155,896	62	153	36	0	3	2	0	194	51	46	24
Olea woodiana subsp. woodiana	155,942	62	153	36	0	4	2	0	195	51	45	23
Panax ginseng	156,318	62	92	39	3	8	2	1	145	50	54	37
Salvia miltiorrhiza	151,328	62	122	35	0	8	0	1	166	52	53	32
Sesamum indicum	153,324	62	137	38	3	7	0	1	186	51	54	29
Solanum bulbocastanum	155,371	62	106	37	2	8	1	1	155	51	48	31
Solanum lycopersicum	155,461	62	114	33	1	7	1	0	156	51	46	29
Solanum tuberosum	155,296	62	103	36	2	8	1	0	150	51	46	31
Trachelium caeruleum	162,321	62	96	47	5	17	0	1	166	43	44	27

CDS: protein-coding regions.

^aPercentage were calculated according to the total length of the CDS divided by the genome size.

^bTotal number of SSRs identified in the CDS.

^cPercentage were calculated according to the total number of SSRs in the CDS divided by the total number of SSRs in the genome.