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. 2016 Apr 28;117(7):1209–1220. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcw065

Table 1.

Plastid genome statistics for 18 Erodium species

Clade I Type 1
Type 3
Type 4 (LBC)
E. texanum E. guttatum E. jahandiezianum E. crassifolium E. gruinum E. absinthoides E. chrysanthum E. guicciardii
Size (bp) 130 812 128 510 121 692 121 393 142 208 162 618 168 946 genes only
Protein-coding genes 75 75 75 75 64 64 64 64
tRNA genes 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
Introns 14 14 14 14 11 11 11 11
GC content (%) 39·5 39·4 39·1 39·1 43·0 42·9 42·9 42·3
GC (%) 19-gene dataset 41·9 41·8 41·7 41·6 44·1 44·0 44·1 44·0
SDR (%) 23·09 17·61 2·61 3·244 4·56 8·55 16·24 unknown
Estimated gene order changes 14 13 5 5 10 13 20 unknown
IR size (bp) np np np np 25 508 45 490 47 428 unknown

Clade II Type 2 E. carvifolium E. cossonii E. cygnorum E. foetidum ssp. cheil. E. foetidum ssp. foet. E. manescavi E. moschatum E. reichardii E. rupestre E. trifolium

Size (bp) 116 935 121 465 121 905 116 340 115 794 116 810 119 078 117 753 116 810 123 865
Protein-coding genes 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75
tRNAs 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
Introns 18 17 18 18 18 18 17 17 18 18
GC content (%) 39·0 39·2 39·2 38·9 38·9 39·1 39·1 39·2 38·9 39·3
GC (%) 19-gene dataset 41·9 41·8 41·8 41·8 41·8 41·9 41·8 41·8 41·8 41·9
SDR (%) 2·85 3·54 8·48 1·53 1·48 0·98 2·20 1·68 2·55 6·08
Estimated gene order changes 0 1* 2 0 0 0 0 1* 0 2
IR size (bp) np np np np np np np np np np

*Same inversion.

Gene order changes were calculated relative to C. macrophylla.

SDR, short dispersed repeats; np, not present.