Genome Sizes in Hepatica Mill: (Ranunculaceae) Show a Loss of DNA, Not a Gain, in Polyploids

Table 3

Genome sizes of Hepatica compared with results of Mabuchi et al. [7] and idem recalculated.

	This article	Mabuchi et al. [7]	recalculated	% difference
		H. vulgare = 11.12 pg	H. vulgare = 10.0 pg	between column B and D
H. falconeri (Thomson) Steward	25.9*	30.2	27.2
H. nobilis Schreber	33.0	38.3	34.4	4.2
H. americana (DC.) Ker Gawler	34.6	40.3	36.2	4.6
H. americana ssp. acuta (Pursh) Zonn.	34.9	40.3	36.2	3.7
H. maxima (Nakai) Nakai	34.8	41.7	37.5	7.8
H. asiatica ssp. insularis (Nakai) Zonn.	35.4	41.7	37.5	5.9
H. asiatica Nakai ssp.asiatica	36.3	42.3	38	4.7
H. asiatica ssp. japonica (Nakai) Zonn.	35.8	41.7	37.5	4.7
H. henryi (Oliv.)Steward	53.0	65.8	59.2	11.7
H. transsilvanica Fuss	54.2	66.5	59.8	10.3
H. yamatutae Nakai	58.3	70.9	63.8	9.4
H. asiatica ssp. pubescens (Hiroe) Zonn.	70.0	89.2	80.2	14.6

*calculated from [7]