Table 1.
PCR detection of EGV1 and EGV2 sequences in the genomes of a collection of yam species.
| Species | No. | Section | Clade | Country | Origin of the species | EGV1 sequence | EGV2 sequence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. wallichii Hook.f. | 14472 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Thailand | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. inopinata Prain & Burkill | 15674 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Thailand | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. oryzetorum Prain & Burkill | 15671 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Thailand | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. alata L. | 313 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | India | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. persimilis Prain & Burkilla | 271 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Vietnam | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. nummularia Lam. | 206 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Vanuatu | Melanesia | + | + |
| D. transversa R.Br. | 336 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Vanuatu | Melanesia | + | + |
| D. glabra Roxb. | 21051 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Thailand | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. calcicola Prain & Burkill | 6215 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Thailand | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. hamiltonii Hook.f.a | 6210 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Thailand | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. brevipetiolata Prain & Burkill | 14475 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Thailand | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. opposita Thunb. | 265 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | France | China | + | + |
| D. decipiens Hook.f. | 6481 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Thailand | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. cirrhosa Lour. | 15672 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Thailand | South East Asia | + | + |
| D. lanata Bail | 6181 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Socotra | Arabian Peninsula | − | − |
| D. abyssinica Hochst. ex Kunth | 109 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Benin | West Africa | + | + |
| D. cayenensis Lam. | 1 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Haïti | West Africa | + | + |
| D. praehensilis Benth. | 255 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Benin | West Africa | + | + |
| D. rotundata Poir. | 389 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Benin | West Africa | + | + |
| D. schimperiana Hochst. ex Kunth | 21044 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Malawi | East Africa | + | − |
| D. schimperiana Hochst. ex Kunth | 22295 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Malawi | East Africa | + | − |
| D. togoensis R.Knuth | 114 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Guinea | West Africa | − | + |
| D. minutiflora Engl. | 031 | Enantiophyllum | Enantiophyllum | Madagascar | West Africa | + | + |
| D. bulbifera L. | 272 | Opsophyton | Compound leafed | Papua New Guinea | South East Asia | − | − |
| D. dumetorum (Kunth) Pax | 67 | Lasiophyton | Compound Leafed | Burkina Faso | West Africa | − | − |
| D. pentaphylla L. | Dp1038 | Lasiophyton | Compound-Leafed | ? | ? | − | − |
| D. maciba Jum. & H.Perrier | 14348 | ? | Malagasy | Madagascar | Madagascar | − | − |
| D. sansibarensis Pax | 269 | Macroura | Malagasy | Benin | West Africa | − | − |
| D. birmanica Prain & Burkill | 15677 | Stenophora | Birmanica | Thailand | South East Asia | − | − |
| D. esculenta (Lour.) Burkill | 002 | Combilium | Birmanica | Madagascar | South East Asia | − | − |
| D. buchananii Benth. | 15073 | Rhacodophyllum | Africa | Zambia | Southern Africa | − | − |
| D. elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl. | 328 | Testudinaria | Africa | France | Southern Africa | − | − |
| D. communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin | 310 | ? | Europe | France | Europe | − | − |
| D. amaranthoides C.Presl | 16523 | Strutantha | New World | Bolivia | South America | − | − |
| D. galeottiana Kunth | 6204 | ? | New World | Mexico | North America | − | − |
| D. membranacea Pierre ex Prain & Burkill | 21050 | ? | Stenophora | Thailand | South East Asia | − | − |
| D. balcanica Koanin | 266 | Stenophora | Stenophora | France | Europe | − | − |
| D. villosa L. | 267 | Stenophora | Stenophora | France | North America | − | − |
| D. trifida L.f. | 78 | Macrogynodium | Macrogynodium | French Guyana | South America | − | − |
| D. melastomatifolia Uline ex Prain | 368 | ? | ? | French Guyana | South America | − | − |
| D. pubescens Poir. | 367 | ? | ? | French Guyana | South America | − | − |
aAlthough D. persimilis and D. hamiltonii are considered to be the same species, from the perspective of their choroplast genomes they are genetically distinct. They were therefore treated as separate species here.