Fig. 2.

Mauve alignment of plastomes. a Alignment done in Mauve 2.3.1 showing plastomes with one copy of the IR taken out. The order of plastomes, from top to bottom, is L. philippensis, A. virginica, B.americana, S. forbessii, S. hermonthica, and S. aspera. Each colored block is a region of collinear sequence among all six plastomes. Blocks on the top row are in the same orientation, while blocks on the bottom row are in inverse orientation. b Mauve alignment of A. virginica (top) and S. hermonthica (bottom). The blocks and colors do not correspond to (a). The LSC, IR, and SSC are indicated below each alignment