Table 1.
Minimum (Min.), maximum (Max.), and mean, median and modal 1C-values for each land plant group represented in the Plant DNA C-values database (Release 7.0), together with range in GS (genome size) and percentage representation of species in each group.
| Min. (Mb) | Max. (Mb) | Mean (Mb) | Mode (Mb) | Median (Mb) | Range in Absolute GS (Mb) | Range (Max./Min.) | Approx. no. of Species Recognised | No. of Species in the Plant DNA C-Values Database | Approx. % Species Representation in the Plant DNA C-Values Database | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryophytes | ||||||||||
| Hornworts | 156 | 714 | 244 | 176 | 205 | 558 | 4-fold | 250 | 23 | 9.2 |
| Liverworts | 206 | 20,010 | 1844 | 740 | 751 | 19,804 | 97-fold | 5,000 | 102 | 2.0 |
| Mosses | 170 | 2004 | 504 | 442 | 433 | 1834 | 12-fold | 12,000 | 184 | 1.7 |
| Pteridophytes | ||||||||||
| Lycophytes | 78 | 11,704 | 1165 | 117 | 127 | 11,626 | 150-fold | 900 | 57 | 6.3 |
| Monilophytes | 748 | 147,297 | 14,320 | 12,073 | 11,110 | 146,549 | 196-fold | 11,000 | 246 | 2.2 |
| Spermatophytes | ||||||||||
| Gymnosperms | 2201 | 35,208 | 17,947 | 21,614 | 21,614 | 33,007 | 16-fold | 1026 | 421 | 41.0 |
| Angiosperms | 61 | 148,852 | 5020 | 587 | 1663 | 148,791 | 2440-fold | 352,000 | 10,768 | 3.1 |