The complete chloroplast genome of a solid type of Phyllostachys nidularia (Bambusoideae: Poaceae), a species endemic to China

Zhou Jie; Hu Yaping; Yu Zhaoyan; Li Jiajia; Xu Mingye; Guo Qirong

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1889411

The complete chloroplast genome of a solid type of Phyllostachys nidularia (Bambusoideae: Poaceae), a species endemic to China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 18;6(3):978-979. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1889411.

Authors

Zhou Jie¹, Hu Yaping¹, Yu Zhaoyan¹, Li Jiajia¹, Xu Mingye¹, Guo Qirong^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
² International Center of Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, China.

Abstract

Phyllostachys nidularia (Bambusoideae: Poaceae), widely distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and various provinces (regions) in southern China, is one of the most important small and medium-sized bamboo species used in both bamboo shoots and timber. In the present study, we assembled a complete chloroplast genome of the economically important bamboo form Phyllostachys nidularia f. farcta H.R.Zhao & A.T.Liu using whole genome sequencing data previously reported. The complete chloroplast (cp) genome is 139,706 bp in length. A total of 129 unique genes were annotated, including 82 protein-coding, 39 tRNA, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis results supported that P. nidularia f. farcta was closely related to Phyllostachys reticulata. This work would help us better understand the evolution of the Phyllostachys cp genome.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Phyllostachys nidularia f. farcta; phylogeny; whole genome sequencing data.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant no. 31971648], and the talent introduction project of Nanjing Forestry University “Research on Ginkgo and Other Important Forest Germplasm Resources” [Grant no. GXL2018001].