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. 2022 Mar 10;17(3):e0252632. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252632

Table 3. Number of identified plant taxa and accuracy of identification based on rbcL and ITS2 sequences in different databases.

DNA barcode regions Level of identification Local database NCBI database Local and NCBI databases
rbcL Species 34 (94.4%) 26 (76.5%) 36 (90.0%)
Genus 1 (2.8%) 4 (11.8%) 3 (7.5%)
Family 1 (2.8%) 3 (8.8%) 1 (2.5%)
Not identified to family 0 (0.0%) 1 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%)
Total identified taxa 36 34 40
ITS2 Species 26 (89.7%) 31 (100.0%) 30 (90.9%)
Genus 3 (10.3%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (9.1%)
Family 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Not identified to family 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Total identified taxa 29 31 33
rbcL and ITS2 Species 45 (90.0%) 40 (90.9%) 49 (92.5%)
Genus 3 (6.0%) 3 (6.8%) 3 (5.7%)
Family 2 (4.0%) 1 (2.3%) 1 (1.9%)
Not identified to family 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Total identified taxa 50 44 53

For detailed results of homology searches obtained for each database, see S5 to S7 Tables.