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Property Organism Value Units ID Details
Genome size (Derived from C value, see measurement method) Plant Fritillaria assyrica 124.6 Gbp 111391 Leitch IJ, Beaulieu JM...
Plant DNA C-values Database Plants Database - link N/A 102726 Royal botanic gardens at Kew...
Time that must pass after germination for Fritillaria species to flower Plants ~5 - 6 years 114311 Bennett MD. Nuclear DNA...
Calculated amount of paper made from one pine tree Plants 119100 sheets of paper/tree 110125 Paper on web.com htt...
Genome size Chaos chaos 1369 Gbp 117342 Prof Gabriel Dorado,...
Time required to finish the juvenile stage and flower from seed Plant orchid 4-7 Years 106655 Hsiao et al., Researches...
Average genome size Plants angiosperms 588 Mbp: gymnosperms 15.48 Gbp N/A 113543 Rensing SA. Why we need...
Comparison of bacterial numbers in the rhizosphere quantified with several methods Plants Table - link N/A 110226 Watt M, Hugenholtz P...
Fraction of the ≈300,000 described flowering plant species that are threatened Plants 16 % 116939 Pimm S, Raven P, Peterson A...
Amount of DNA (1C-value, smallest of any plant) Plant Genlisea aurea 0.065 (Table - link) pg 110279 Dr. Ilia J. Leitch, Prof....
Sequenced plant genomes Plants Site - link N/A 110561 https://genomevoluti...
Speed of snapping - one of fastest movements in plant kingdom Plant Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula 100 msec 106630 Forterre Y, Skotheim JM...
Speed of communicating signal within plant Plants fastest ~1m/sec: slowest (some hormones) ~1cm/hour: most (thorough vascular system) 1-8mm/sec N/A 113538 Trewavas A. The foundations...
Total terrestrial plant biomass Biosphere 600-800 Pg Carbon 100820 Aquatic photosynthesis...
Number of plant species Plants ~350,000 (representing an estimated 80–90% of the global total) species 113395 Vellend M et al., Plant...
PPi concentration in plant cells Plants ~0.3 mM 108183 Leustek T, Saito K. Sulfate...
Number of plant species from which DSE have been described Fungus Dark septate endophytes (DSE) >600 plant species 113530 Deng Z, Cao L. Fungal...
Number of flowering plant species Plants 250,000 to 400,000 Species 107611 Gruber CW et al., Di...
Estimated number of species in the orchid family (the most species-rich of all angiosperm families) Plant orchid 25000 Species 106653 Hsiao et al., Researches...
Age of the most recent common ancestor of extant orchids Plant orchid 76-84 Mya 106654 Hsiao et al., Researches...