The complete chloroplast genome sequence of plumed cockscomb (Celosia argentea, Amaranthaceae)

Ying-Xi Qian; Jing Gao; Yong-Hui Jin; Rui-Hong Wang; Ling Xu; Zhe-Chen Qi

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1623128

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of plumed cockscomb (Celosia argentea, Amaranthaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 10;4(2):2123-2124. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1623128.

Authors

Ying-Xi Qian¹, Jing Gao¹, Yong-Hui Jin¹, Rui-Hong Wang¹, Ling Xu¹, Zhe-Chen Qi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.
² Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome of Celosia argentea, an important horticultural and medicinal herb, was identified and sequenced in this study. The genome size is 153,474 bp, the GC content is 36.7%. A total of 123 genes were identified, including 84 protein-coding genes, 8 rRNA genes, and 33 tRNA genes. Twenty-nine plastome accessions from Caryophyllales were selected to assess the phylogenetic placement of genus and the result showed that C. argentea is most closely related to Amaranthus hypochondriacus.

Keywords: Celosia argentea; chloroplast genome; phylogenomics; plumed cockscomb.