Table 1.

Summary of plastid genome characteristics of Stylosanthes

	S. hamata	S. viscosa	S. scabra
Total size (bp)	156 502	156 244	156 502
LSC size in bp	86 047	85 912	86 064
SSC size in bp	18 749	18 710	18 734
IR length in bp	25 853	25 811	25 852
Size of coding regions in bp	96 948	96 914	96 962
Size of protein-coding regions in bp	76 134	76 107	76 140
Size of rRNA in bp	9062	9062	9062
Size in bp of tRNA	2735	2735	2735
Size in bp of intergenic regions	52 223	51 999	52 209
No. of genes	118	118	118
No. of protein-coding genes	81	81	81
No. of tRNA genes	36	36	36
No. of rRNA genes	8	8	8
No. of genes duplicated by IR	15	15	15
No. of genes with introns	11	11	11
Overall % GC content	36.6	38.8	36.6
% GC content in protein-coding regions	37.6	37.6	37.6
% GC content in IGSs	30.8	30,8	30.8
% GC content in rRNA	55.5	55.5	55.5
% GC content in tRNA	53.2	53.2	53.2
Plastome coverage	1100.1	1208.5	653.9