Skip to main content

Table 2 Intra- and inter-specific K2P distances of the five candidate loci for 36 Dendrobium species

From: The loci recommended as universal barcodes for plants on the basis of floristic studies may not work with congeneric species as exemplified by DNA barcoding of Dendrobium species

Locus

No. of sp. used for intra-specific distance

Intra-specific

K2P distance

No. of sp. used for inter-specific distance

Average inter-specific K2P distance (Range)

ITS

33

0 - 0.0101

36

0.1714

(0.0152 - 0.3251)

matK

33

0 - 0.0015

36

0.0126

(0 - 0.0371)

rbcL

33

0

36

0.0061

(0 - 0.023)

rpoB

33

0

36

0.0077

(0 - 0.0296)

rpoC1

33

0

36

0.0042

(0 - 0.0171)