TABLE 4.
Summary of the six Zygophyllaceae chloroplast genomes.
| T. terrestris | L. tridentata | G. angustifolium | T. mongolica | Z. mucronatum | Z. xanthoxylon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subfamily | Tribuloideae | Larreoideae | Larreoideae | Zygophylloideae | Zygophylloideae | Zygophylloideae |
| Size (bp) | 158,184 | 135,988 | 130,809 | 106,170 | 105,251 | 105,802 |
| LSC (bp) | 88,878 | 81,323 | 81,554 | 80,340 | 79,912 | 80,263 |
| SSC (bp) | 17,622 | 15,965 | 13,767 | 17,200 | 16,513 | 16,963 |
| IRs (bp) | 51,684 | 38,700 | 35,488 | 8,630 | 8,826 | 8,576 |
| Overall GC content (%) | 35.81 | 35.08 | 35.57 | 33.61 | 33.90 | 33.98 |
| Total genes | 130 | 129 | 129 | 104 | 104 | 104 |
| Protein-coding genes | 84 | 80 | 80 | 67 | 67 | 67 |
| tRNA genes | 37 | 37 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| rRNA genes | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| pseudogene(s) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Due to the high conservation of cp genomes, we used WD01 (GenBank number: ON408217) to represent Tetraena mongolica for comparative analyses and phylogenetic inference.