Table 3 The analysis of variation of candidate barcode sequences in Orchidaceae plants.

From: The specific DNA barcodes based on chloroplast genes for species identification of Orchidaceae plants

Sequence

Conserved site

Variable site

Parsimony-informative site

Sigon site

matK

411 (18.9%)

1523 (70.2%)

1275

222

rbcL

986 (64.7%)

530 (34.8%)

504

26

ndhF

1031 (34.9%)

1790 (60.6%)

1492

297

ycf1

3291 (40.4%)

4732 (58.1%)

4578

154

matK + rbcL

1856 (55.4%)

1455 (43.5%)

1369

86

matK + ndhF

2017 (44.5%)

2377 (52.4%)

2027

348

matK + ycf1

3996 (41.1%)

5506 (56.6%)

5247

259

ndhF + ycf1

4217 (43.5%)

5299 (54.6%)

4696

592