Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Senna bicapsularis (Leguminosae), an ornamental plant

Xueyan Zhao; Fangyuan Wang; Ruirui Zhang; Yan Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1782785

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Senna bicapsularis (Leguminosae), an ornamental plant

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jul 2;5(3):2638-2639. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1782785.

Authors

Xueyan Zhao¹, Fangyuan Wang¹, Ruirui Zhang², Yan Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Shaanxi Engineering Research Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Botanical Resources, Xi'an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province (Institute of Botany of Shaanxi Province), Xi'an, China.
² School of Pharmacy, Shaanxi Institute of International Trade and Commerce, Xianyang, China.

Abstract

Senna bicapsularis is an important flowering, ornamental plant. The extracts showed antioxidant activity and antibacterial properties. In addition, S. bicapsularis can be used as a model woody plants. In the present study, the complete chloroplast genome was sequenced. The result showed that the length of circular chloroplast genome was 162,744 bp, containing a large single-copy region of 91,176 bp, a small single-copy region of 18,264 bp, and two inverted repeat regions of 26,652 bp. The chloroplast genome contained 128 genes, including 83 protein-coding, eight rRNA, and 37 tRNA genes. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that S. bicapsularis has closely relationship with Senna occidentalis, Senna tora and Senna siamea.

Keywords: Senna bicapsularis; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences [No. 2020K-28], Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province [No. 2020JQ-922], and the Education Department Special Research Project of Shaanxi Province [No. 18JK0953].