The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum from Guangzhou, China

Shiqiang Xu; Weizhong Huang; Shike Cai; Jihua Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2087549

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum from Guangzhou, China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jun 24;7(6):1117-1119. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2087549. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Shiqiang Xu¹, Weizhong Huang², Shike Cai¹, Jihua Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crops Genetics and Improvement, Crops Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, PR China.
² Guangdong Luofushan Sinopharm Co., Ltd, Huizhou, PR China.

Abstract

Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum is a well-known medicinal plant in southern China. Here, we presented the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of C. cyrtophyllum using Illumina high-throughput sequencing technology. The C. cyrtophyllum cp genome size is 152,004 bp with 38.13% GC content, including a pair of inverted repeat regions (IR, 51,592 bp) separated by a large single copy (LSC, 86,480 bp) and a small single copy region (SSC, 18,425 bp). It possesses 87 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis fully shows that C. cyrtophyllum is closely related to Clerodendrum bungei and Clerodendrum lindleyi. Overall, the complete cp genome sequence of C. cyrtophyllum provides a valuable resource for genetic diversity, phylogenetic relationship, and species identification.

Keywords: Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum; Lamiaceae; chloroplast genome; medicinal plant; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by the Special fund for scientific innovation strategy-construction of high level Academy of Agriculture Science [R2019PY-JX003] and Southern Medicinal Plants Pharmaceutical Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Project of Boluo (2019).