The complete chloroplast genome of a traditional medicinal and food plant, Polygonatum humile (Asparagaceae, Asparagales)

Shiou Yih Lee; Yanli Zou; Wenbo Liao; Qiang Fan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1666044

The complete chloroplast genome of a traditional medicinal and food plant, Polygonatum humile (Asparagaceae, Asparagales)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Sep 23;4(2):3184-3185. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1666044.

Authors

Shiou Yih Lee¹, Yanli Zou¹, Wenbo Liao¹, Qiang Fan¹

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Abstract

Polygonatum humile (Asparagaceae) is a medicinal and food plant that is naturally distributed in the North East Asia region and East of Russia. Here we report on the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of P. humile. The cp genome is 155,313 bp in size and includes two inverted repeat regions of 26,302 bp each, which is separated by a large single-copy region of 84,239 bp and a small single-copy region of 18,470 bp. A total of 132 genes were predicted, including 39 tRNA, 8 rRNA, and 85 protein-coding genes. Phylogenetic analysis placed P. humile under the subfamily Nolinoideae of the family Asparagaceae.

Keywords: Genomic resources; Illumina sequencing; Nolinoideae; phylogenomics; rhizomatous herb.