Genome Size Dynamics and Evolution in Monocots

Table 1

Representation of available genome size data for angiosperms at different taxonomic levels using taxonomic circumscriptions given by Soltis et al. [2].

Taxonomic level	Number recognised	Number with genome size data available	Representation(%)
Families^1
Early diverging angiosperms	8	6	75
Eudicots	307	158	51
Monocots	78	64	82
Genera^2
Early diverging angiosperms	19	12	63
Eudicots	c. 10,400	795	8
Monocots	c. 2,800	534	19
Species^3
Early diverging angiosperms	268	24	9.0
Eudicots	220,000	3663	1.6
Monocots	c. 52,000	2527	4.9

¹ Based on APG III [4]. ^{2 & 3} Based on Mabberley [20].