Table 1 The characteristics of the four DNA barcode loci.

From: DNA Barcode Authentication and Library Development for the Wood of Six Commercial Pterocarpus Species: the Critical Role of Xylarium Specimens

DNA marker

Recovery rate (%)

Sequence length (bp)

Aligned sequence length (bp)

G + C ratio (%)

No. variable sites (%)

No. parsimony informative sites (%)

Indel length (bp)

ITS2

66.67

219–224

234

66.1

75 (32.05)

69 (29.49)

16

matK

82.05

273

239

36.0

10 (4.18)

10 (4.18)

0

ndhF-rpl32

89.74

167–173

173

26.6

14 (8.09)

12 (6.94)

6

rbcL

69.67

485

350

40.6

47 (13.43)

15 (4.29)

0