The complete chloroplast genome of Vanilla shenzhenica (Orchidaceae)

Ting-Zhang Li; Li-Jun Chen; Meng Wang; Jian-Bing Chen; Jie Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1642165

The complete chloroplast genome of Vanilla shenzhenica (Orchidaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 17;4(2):2610-2611. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1642165.

Authors

Ting-Zhang Li^{1

2}, Li-Jun Chen^{1

2}, Meng Wang^{1

2}, Jian-Bing Chen^{1

2}, Jie Huang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, Shenzhen, China.
² Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China, Shenzhen, China.

Abstract

Vanilla shenzhenica Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen is a new species of orchid found in Shenzhen, South China for the first time. Here we report the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence and the features of V. shenzhenica. Its cp genome sequence was 151,537 bp, including one large single-copy region (LSC, 87,487 bp), one small single-copy region (SSC, 19,172 bp), and two inverted repeat regions (IRs, 22,439 bp). It encoded 123 genes, of which 104 were unique genes (69 protein-coding genes, 31 tRNAs and 4 rRNAs). The phylogenetic relationships show that V. shenzhenica is sister with V. aphylla.

Keywords: Orchidaceae; Shenzhen; Vanilla shenzhenica; chloroplast genome.