Table 2. Features of chloroplast genomes, assembly information, and pairwise identity among three Carduus species and related taxa.
| Species | Carduus crispus (MK652229) | C. tenuiflorus (MK652230) | C. acanthoides (MK652228) | Cynara humilis (KP299292) | C. baetica (KP842706) | C. cornigera (KP842707) | C. cardunculus var. scolymus (KP842708) | C. cardunculus var sylvestris (KP842721) | Cirsium arvense (KY562583) | Helianthus annus (NC007977) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total reads | 21,118,624 | 4,621,758 | 4,300,959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assemble read | 805,076 (3.8%) | 189,215 (4.1%) | 180,245 (4.2%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Coverage | 1,585 | 372 | 354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Number of contigs | 126 | 119 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| N50 value (bp) | 95,199 | 50,873 | 128,044 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total length | 152,342 | 152,426 | 152,617 | 152,585 | 152,548 | 152,550 | 152,529 | 152,528 | 152,855 | 151,104 |
| LSC | 83,254 | 83,360 | 83,532 | 83,622 | 83,599 | 83,580 | 83,578 | 83,577 | 83,859 | 83,530 |
| SSC | 18,706 | 18,674 | 18,693 | 18,651 | 18,639 | 18,660 | 18,641 | 18,641 | 18,633 | 18,308 |
| IR | 25,191 | 25,196 | 25,196 | 25,156 | 25,155 | 25,155 | 25,155 | 25,155 | 25,182 | 24,633 |
| Protein-coding genes | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| tRNA | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| rRNA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| LSC-IR junction | rps19 (60 bp) | rps19 (60 bp) | rps19 (61 bp) | rps19 (60 bp) | rps19 (60 bp) | rps19 (60 bp) | rps19 (60 bp) | rps19 (60 bp) | rps19 (60 bp) | rps19 (101 bp) |
| SSC-IR junction | ycf1 (565 bp) | ycf1 (565 bp) | ycf1 (568 bp) | ycf1 (567 bp) (ycf1-ndhF overlap 17 bp) | ycf1 (567 bp) (ycf1-ndhF overlap 17 bp) | ycf1 (567 bp) (ycf1-ndhF overlap 17 bp) | ycf1 (567 bp) (ycf1-ndhF overlap 17 bp) | ycf1 (567 bp) (ycf1-ndhF overlap 17 bp) | ycf1 (565 bp) | ycf1 (576 bp) |
| Pairwise identity (%) | ||||||||||
| C. crispus | 100 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 98.8 | 92.9 | ||
| C. tenuiflorus | 99.6 | 100 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 98.9 | 92.3 | |
| C. acanthoides | 99.2 | 99.3 | 100 | 98.7 | 98.6 | 98.7 | 98.7 | 98.7 | 98.7 | 92.3 |
Notes.
The dashes (–) mean no data in this study.