The complete chloroplast genome of the extremely drought-resistant plant Primulina ophiopogoides

Yongbin Lu; Xinmei Qin; Zhangping Huang; Qiang Zhang; Lina Shen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1768950

The complete chloroplast genome of the extremely drought-resistant plant Primulina ophiopogoides

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jun 2;5(3):2271-2272. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1768950. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Yongbin Lu¹, Xinmei Qin¹, Zhangping Huang¹, Qiang Zhang¹, Lina Shen²

Affiliations

¹ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guilin, Guangxi, China.
² Key Laboratory of Karst Ecosystem and Treatment of Rocky Desertification, Ministry of Land and Resources, Institute of Karst Geology of Chinese Academy of Geology Sciences, Guilin, Guangxi, China.

Abstract

Primulina ophiopogoides is a perennial herb of Gesneriaceae distributed on the limestone rocks. Here, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of P. ophiopogoides was assembled and characterized. The cp genome is in a total length of 152,718 bp with the typical quadripartite structure, containing 2 inverted repeats (IRs) of 25,472 bp separated by a large single-copy (LSC) region of 83,615 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,159 bp. The whole cp genome of P. ophiopogoides contains 131 genes, including 86 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNAs genes, and 8 rRNAs. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that P. ophiopogoides displayed a closer kinship to Primulina linearifolia.

Keywords: Primulina ophiopogoides; chloroplast genome; phylogenetics.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by Key laboratory of Karst ecosystem and treatment of rocky desertification, Ministry of Land and Resources [YR-JJHT-2017-758]; Special Funds for Local Science and Technology Development Guided by the Central Committee [ZY1949013] and Guilin Science and Technology Foundation [20180107-6].