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. 2013 Mar 19;8(3):e58971. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058971

Table 2. List of food-plant families.

Rank Family Name Nb MOTUS Nb Ind Fo Nb Count Fs
1 Fabaceae 33 91 0.96 283131 0.15
2 Apocynaceae 8 89 0.94 809106 0.44
3 Anacardiaceae 7 47 0.49 163491 0.09
4 Olacaceae 2 50 0.53 85898 0.05
5 Sapotaceae 1 46 0.48 29609 0.02
6 Sapindaceae 5 40 0.42 112168 0.06
7 Ebenaceae 2 30 0.32 25919 0.01
8 Poaceae 5 26 0.27 5475 0
9 Primulaceae 3 25 0.26 25617 0.01
10 Convolvulaceae 3 23 0.24 6477 0
11 Moraceae 4 21 0.22 59990 0.03
12 Meliaceae 1 20 0.21 6593 0
13 Burseraceae 2 19 0.2 6719 0
14 Solanaceae 2 17 0.18 12056 0.01
15 Melastomataceae 1 16 0.17 6280 0
16 Brassicaceae 2 15 0.16 3642 0
17 Combretaceae 1 15 0.16 1082 0
18 Cucurbitaceae 2 15 0.16 11773 0.01
19 Physenaceae 1 15 0.16 15726 0.01
20 Erythroxylaceae 1 14 0.15 2101 0
21 Araliacae 1 14 0.15 13346 0.01
22 Musaceae 1 13 0.14 24795 0.01
23 Rubiaceae 2 13 0.14 22961 0.01
24 Rutaceae 3 13 0.14 3083 0
25 Annonaceae 3 11 0.12 1782 0
26 Phyllanthaceae 1 11 0.12 45568 0.02
27 Loranthaceae 2 8 0.08 549 0
28 Asteraceae 5 7 0.07 1405 0
29 Celastraceae 2 7 0.07 816 0
30 Myrtaceae 2 6 0.06 2093 0
31 Oleaceae 2 6 0.06 1174 0
32 Rhamnaceae 2 6 0.06 14527 0.01
33 Sphaerosepalaceae 1 6 0.06 737 0
34 Lauraceae 1 5 0.05 954 0
35 Plantaginaceae 1 5 0.05 4437 0
36 Lecythidaceae 2 4 0.04 370 0
37 Malvaceae 1 4 0.04 3219 0
38 Apiaceae 1 3 0.03 425 0
39 Asparagaceae 1 3 0.03 250 0
40 Pittosporaceae 1 3 0.03 9409 0.01
41 Putranjivaceae 1 3 0.03 935 0
42 Euphorbiaceae 1 2 0.02 144 0
43 Lamiaceae 1 2 0.02 7771 0
44 Montiniaceae 1 2 0.02 432 0
45 Araceae 1 1 0.01 117 0
46 Capparaceae 1 1 0.01 124 0
47 Connaraceae 1 1 0.01 430 0
48 Pedaliaceae 1 1 0.01 229 0
49 Salicaceae 1 1 0.01 1214 0

Families were ranked by their frequency of occurrences (Fo), Fs values correspond to the frequencies of the whole sequences assigned to these families.