Complete chloroplast genome of Achyranthes bidentata Blume

Inkyu Park; Sungyu Yang; Wook Jin Kim; Byeong Cheol Moon

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1674219

Complete chloroplast genome of Achyranthes bidentata Blume

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Oct 9;4(2):3456-3457. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1674219.

Authors

Inkyu Park¹, Sungyu Yang¹, Wook Jin Kim¹, Byeong Cheol Moon¹

Affiliation

¹ Herbal Medicine Resources Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Naju, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Achyranthes bidentata Blume is an important herbal medicine. However, little genetic information about Achyranthes is available. To facilitate species identification, we sequenced its complete chloroplast genome using the Illumina MiSeq platform. The data show that the chloroplast genome of A. bidentata is 151,441 bp in size and comprises an 83,890 bp large single-copy region, a 17,261 bp small single-copy region, and two inverted repeat (IR) regions, IRa and IRb (each 25,145 bp). The genome contains 112 unique genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 4 ribosomal RNAs genes, and 30 transfer RNAs genes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that A. bidentata is most closely related to Alternanthera philoxeroides.

Keywords: Achyranthes bidentata Blume; Amaranthaceae; chloroplast genome; medicinal plant.