Table 1

Genome sizes in land plants

Lineage

Range (1C; pg)

Mean

Gymnosperms

  Conifers

    Pinaceae

9.5-36.0

23.7

    Cupressaceae

8.3-32.1

12.8

    Sciadopitys

20.8

n/a

  Gnetales

    Ephedraceae

8.9-15.7

8.9

    Gnetaceae

2.3-4.0

2.3

    Cycadaceae

12.6-14.8

13.4

    Ginkgo biloba

11.75

n/a

Monilophytes

    Ophioglossaceae

10.2-65.6

31.05

    Equisetaceae

12.9-304

22.0

    Psilotum

72.7

n/a

  Leptosporangiate ferns

    Polypodiaceae

7.5-19.7

7.5

    Aspleniaceae

4.1-9.1

6.2

    Athyriaceae

6.3-9.3

7.6

    Dryopteridaceae

6.8-23.6

11.7

  Water ferns

    Azolla

0.77

n/a

Angiosperms

    Oryza sativa

0.50

n/a

    Amborella trichopoda

0.89

n/a

    Arabidopsis thaliana

0.16

n/a

    Zea mays

2.73

n/a

n/a, not applicable. Data based on [6].

Soltis and Soltis Genome Biology 2013 14:122   doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-6-122