Table 1 Comparison of major features of magnoliid plastid genomes
| Â | Calycanthus | Drimys | Piper |
|---|---|---|---|
Size (bp) | 153,337 | 160,604 | 160,624 |
LSC length (bp) | 86,948 | 88,685 | 87,668 |
SSC length (bp) | 19,799 | 18,621 | 18,878 |
IR length (bp) | 23,295 | 26,649 | 27,039 |
Number of genes | 133 (115) | 131 (113) | 130 (113) |
Number of gene duplicated in IR | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Number of genes with introns (with 2 introns) | 18 (3) | 18 (3) | 18 (3) |