Fig 1.
Comparison of identification success rates among different plant families 1) when relying on sequence matching alone, and 2) when a priori and a posteriori information is incorporated in the identification process for each of the two markers separately and when they are combined.
Table 1.
Comparison of species level identification rates for optimized BLAST similarity-based and those using the outlined integrative approach.
Fig 2.
The strengths of DNA barcoding outweigh its weaknesses, but an integrative approach is necessary to optimize identification of unknown plant material.