Table 2. Comparison of cp genome size between sesame and 18 other species.

Species	Accession no.	Cp genome sequence
		Length (bp)	Length variation (bp)	LSC variation (bp)	SSC variation (bp)	IR variation (bp)
Sesamum indicum	KC569603	153,338	-	-	-	-
Vitis vinifera	NC_007957	160,928	7,590	3,969	1,199	1,211
Mangifera indica	NC_008359	158,484	5,146	2,206	1,868	536
Arabidopsis thaliana	NC_000932	154,478	1,140	−1,010	−94	1,122
Brassica napus	NC_016734	152,860	−478	−2,150	−114	893
Glycine max	NC_007942	152,218	−1,120	−2,005	21	432
Cucumis sativus	DQ119058	155,527	2,189	1,699	400	45
Gossypium hirsutum	NC_007944	160,301	6,963	3,636	2,407	460
Ricinus communis	NC_016736	163,161	9,823	4,471	942	2,205
Platanus occidentalis	NC_008335	161,791	8,453	6,970	1,635	−76
Helianthus annuus	NC_007977	151,104	−2,234	−1,650	434	−509
Nicotiana tabacum	NC_001879	155,943	2,605	1,506	697	201
Olea europaea	GU931818	155,889	2,551	1,434	−83	600
Coffea arabica	NC_008535	155,189	1,851	−14	333	766
Panax ginseng	NC_006290	156,318	2,980	926	196	929
Triticum aestivum	NC_002762	134,545	−18,793	−4,831	−5,084	−4,439
Oryza sativa	NC_001320	134,525	−18,813	−4,588	−5,539	−4,343
Zea mays	NC_001666	140,387	−12,951	−2,825	−5,338	−2,394
Sorghum bicolor	NC_008602	140,754	−12,584	−1,447	−5,371	−2,883

Note: Data indicates the difference in the length of cp genomes relative to S. indicum. The length of the sesame cp genome is ranked 12^th among the 19 species.