Table 1. Selected plant and animal families and genera detected in 18 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) samples by mitochondrial and plastid DNA analysis.

	Family	Genus	AUST L TCMs							Non Listed TCMs
			6	7	8	9	11	15	23	1	4	13	14	18	19	20	21	24	25	26
			37,196 reads	30,292 reads	23,904 reads	15,892 reads	28,785 reads	22,514 reads	31,822 reads	18,333 reads	27,277 reads	17,935 reads	23,450 reads	31,796 reads	33,877 reads	24,521 reads	42,796 reads	25,083 reads	25,751 reads	36,002 reads
Plant Content	Acanthaceae	Andrographis											✓		✓				✓
	Amaranthaceae	Amaranthus			✓
	Apiaceae	Bupleurum		✓																✓
	Apocynaceae	Apocynum	✓					✓				✓								✓
	Asparagaceae	Anemarrhena			✓														✓
	Asteraceae		✓						✓	✓	✓			✓		✓	✓		✓	✓
	Araliaceae								✓	✓						✓				✓
	Aristolochiaceae	Asarum								✓
	Campanulaceae	Codonopsis	✓
	Cupressaceae	Platycladus																	✓
	Fabaceae	Astragalus	✓		✓	✓				✓								✓	✓	✓
		Glycyrrhiza	✓	✓		✓		✓		✓		✓			✓			✓	✓	✓
	Dipsacaceae	Dipsacus			✓					✓
	Ephedraceae	Ephedra								✓
	Lamiaceae	Mentha	✓							✓	✓								✓
		Perilla					✓							✓					✓	✓
		Scutellaria					✓
	Lardizabalaceae	Sargentodoxa								✓
	Loranthaceae	Taxillus								✓		✓
	Moraceae	Morus					✓			✓		✓		✓					✓	✓
	Nelumbonaceae	Nelumbo		✓					✓				✓
	Pedaliaceae																			✓
	Polygonaceae	Oxyria			✓					✓
	Paeoniaceae	Paeonia			✓			✓	✓	✓			✓
	Salicaceae	Salix		✓
	Rosaceae	Prunus	✓							✓						✓
	Rutaceae	Citrus					✓
		Phellodendron			✓
	Zingiberaceae		✓
Animal Content	Bovidae	Bos												✓	✓	✓	✓			✓
		Bubalus													✓
		Capra												✓
		Ovis								✓
	Canidae	Canis			✓		✓							✓	✓
	Felidae	Panthera			✓
		Felis													✓				✓
	Muridae	Rattus					✓						✓						✓
	Rhacophoridae	Polypedates													✓
	Viperidae	Deinagkistrodon					✓