Table 3.

Transcriptome datasets obtained using NGS in top ten cut flowers (Yagi 2015; modified)^a

Species	Tissue	Aims	Reference
Chrysanthemum morifolium	Ray florets, disc florets and leaves	Flower development, flower organ determination, anthocyanin biosynthetic genes	Liu et al. 2016
Dianthus caryophyllus	Flower buds, flower at different stage of blooming, leaves, stems Stems at different flower development stage before blooming	Flower colour and vase life Vase life	Tanase et al. 2012 Boxriker et al. 2017
Freesia hybrida	Buds at three different flowering stages Petal tissues collected at four different development stages	Flower scent biosynthesis Anthocyanin biosynthetic genes	Huang et al. 2018 Tang et al. 2018
Lilium L.’Siberia’	Bulb scales, axillary buds, stem, leaves and floral bud; flowers during blooming and at full anthesis of the flowers Full bloomed flower	Further genomics studies in bulbous plants Flower scent biosynthesis	Shahin et al. 2012 Abbas et al. 2019
Rosa chinensis	Petals at different developmental stages, from flower buds to senescent flower	Flower scent biosynthesis	Yan et al. 2014
R. odorata var. gigantea	Vegetative meristem, pre-floral meristem, floral meristem and secondary axillary buds	Floral transition	Guo et al. 2018
R. rugosa	Petals of the three R. rugosa varieties at different developmental stages	Flower colour variation	Sheng et al. 2018
R. species	Flowers at floral opening stage	Ethylene-regulated flower opening	Pei et al. 2013
R. species	Flowers at various developmental stages	Flower development	Kim et al. 2012
Tulipa	Bulb-scales, axillary buds, stem, leaves and floral bud; flowers during blooming and at full anthesis of the flowers	Further genomics studies in bulbous plants	Shahin et al. 2012

^aAdditional information for other ornamental species is reported in Online Resource 7 (ESM_7)