The complete chloroplast genome sequence of monotypic Cyphotheca (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus in China

Zhenying Wen; Sijin Zeng; Tingzhang Li; Guoqiang Zhang; Donghui Peng

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1627932

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of monotypic Cyphotheca (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus in China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 11;4(2):2295-2296. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1627932.

Authors

Zhenying Wen¹, Sijin Zeng^{2

3}, Tingzhang Li², Guoqiang Zhang², Donghui Peng¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
² Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzen, China.
³ College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Limestone Plants Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

Cyphotheca, a shrub narrowly endemic to Yunnan, southwest China, is a monotypic genus of Sonerileae in Melastomataceae. The species, Cyphotheca montana, is dwindling and is listed as 'Near Threatened (NT)' by IUCN Red List of China. Herein, we report the complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence assembled from Illumina pair-end sequencing data. The complete chloroplast genome was 156,424 bp in length, which includes two inverted repeat regions (IRs) of 26,776 bp each, which were separated by a large single copy region (LSC) 85,900 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) 16,972 bp. The chloroplast genome contained 130 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The overall GC content in the chloroplast genome of C. montana was 37.0%. The phylogenomic analysis showed that C. montana is sister to Barthea barthei.

Keywords: Cyphotheca montana; Illumina sequencing; Melastomataceae; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.