Gene split models for 51 plant reference genomes based on the latest Gramene release 61 (Gramene61Ensembl96) are given. The split gene models are commonly related to an annotation artifact where a single gene is annotated as two or more genes due to incomplete evidence, but could also result from legitimate evolutionary processes. The Compara Gene Tree method predicts a special class of within-species paralogs called contiguous gene split. A contiguous gene split is called when the two apparently paralogous genes lie on the same strand and in close proximity (<1MB) but have no (or little) overlapping sequence. Here is brief statistics of contiguous gene split models for each species. Actinidia_chinensis_var._chinensis 142 Aegilops_tauschii_subsp._strangulata 178 Arabidopsis_lyrata_subsp._lyrata 89 Arabidopsis_thaliana 31 Beta_vulgaris_subsp._vulgaris 47 Brachypodium_distachyon 62 Brassica_oleracea_var._oleracea 604 Brassica_rapa 96 Chlamydomonas_reinhardtii 41 Cucumis_sativus 418 Daucus_carota_subsp._sativus 229 Dioscorea_rotundata 182 Glycine_max 215 Gossypium_raimondii 336 Helianthus_annuus 527 Hordeum_vulgare_subsp._vulgare 145 Leersia_perrieri 94 Lupinus_angustifolius 114 Manihot_esculenta 122 Medicago_truncatula 189 Musa_acuminata_subsp._malaccensis 623 Nicotiana_attenuata 51 Oryza_barthii 107 Oryza_brachyantha 189 Oryza_glaberrima 283 Oryza_glumipatula 168 Oryza_meridionalis 111 Oryza_nivara 96 Oryza_punctata 89 Oryza_rufipogon 81 Oryza_sativa_Indica_Group 392 Oryza_sativa_Japonica_Group 376 Ostreococcus_lucimarinus_CCE9901 10 Panicum_hallii_var._filipes 114 Panicum_hallii_var._hallii 102 Phaseolus_vulgaris 571 Physcomitrella_patens 38 Populus_trichocarpa 157 Prunus_persica 71 Setaria_italica 384 Solanum_lycopersicum 427 Solanum_tuberosum 296 Sorghum_bicolor 37 Theobroma_cacao 50 Trifolium_pratense 437 Triticum_aestivum 438 Triticum_dicoccoides 642 Vigna_angularis 189 Vigna_radiata_var._radiata 59 Vitis_vinifera 380 Zea_mays 176