The first complete chloroplast genome sequence of Lanxangia tsaoko and phylogenetic analysis

Jing Meng; Hui Jiang; Jun He; Yonghong He; Yuwen Zhang; Yan Zhao

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1629354

The first complete chloroplast genome sequence of Lanxangia tsaoko and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 11;4(2):2320-2321. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1629354.

Authors

Jing Meng¹, Hui Jiang¹, Jun He², Yonghong He³, Yuwen Zhang¹, Yan Zhao¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Horticulture and Landscape, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China.
² Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
³ College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China.

Abstract

Lanxangia tsaoko is a famous Chinese traditional medicine with long history. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of L. tsaoko was characterized and assembled using a high-throughput sequencing method. The complete cp genome is 164,008 bp in length, including a large single copy (LSC) region of 89,134 bp and a small single copy (SSC) region of 15,372 bp separated by two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 29,751 bp. A total of 137 genes were identified, including 88 protein-coding genes (PCG), 38 transfer RNA genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 3 pseudogenes. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that L. tsaoko is located in Zingiberaceace, closely related to Amomum and Alpinia with a 100% bootstrap support.

Keywords: Lanxangia tsaoko; complete chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis; traditional Chinese medicine.