The complete plastid genome sequence of Welwitschia mirabilis: an unusually compact plastome with accelerated divergence rates

Table 1 Compactness measures for vascular plant plastid genomes.

Species	% Coding	Length (bp)	Species	% Coding	Length (bp)
*Welwitschia mirabilis*	66%	119,726	Nicotiana tabacum	49%	155,943
Pinus thunbergii	61%	119,707	Populus alba	49%	156,505
Psilotum nudum	55%	138,829	Liriodendron tulipifera	49%	159,866
Nicotiana tomentosiformis	54%	155,745	Eucalyptus globules	49%	160,286
Nicotiana sylvestris	54%	155,941	Acorus calamus	49%	153,821
Adiantum capillus-veneris	53%	150,568	Drimys granadensis	49%	160,604
Pinus koraiensis	52%	116,866	Jasminum nudiflorum	49%	165,121
Oenothera elata	52%	163,935	Morus indica	49%	158,484
Arabidopsis thaliana	51%	154,478	Citrus sinensis	49%	160,129
Calycanthus floridus	51%	153,337	Liriodendron tulipifera	49%	159,886
Helianthus annuus	51%	151,104	Daucus carota	49%	155,911
Solanum bulbocastanum	51%	155,371	Gossypium hirsutum	48%	160,301
Lycopersicon esculentum	51%	155,460	Vitis vinifera	48%	160,928
Lotus japonicus	51%	150,519	Spinacia oleracea	48%	150,725
Atropa belladonna	51%	156,687	Oryza sativa	48%	134,525
Panax ginseng	50%	156,318	Amborella trichopoda	48%	162,686
Solanum tuberosum	50%	155,298	Platanus occidentalis	48%	161,791
Nymphaea alba	50%	159,930	Zea mays	47%	140,384
Glycine max	50%	152,218	Saccharum officinarum	47%	141,182
Coffea arabica	50%	155,189	Lactuca sativa	47%	152,765
Nandina domestica	50%	156,599	Piper cenocladum	46%	160,624
Cucumis sativus	49%	155,293	Triticum aestivum	44%	134,545
Oryza nivara	49%	134,494	Phalaenopsis aphrodite	44%	148,964
Daucus carota	49%	155,911	Non-gnetophyte average	50%

Percent coding values for species other than Welwitschia were obtained from the NCBI database. The average reported in the table was calculated excluding Welwitschia.

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