The complete chloroplast genome of Impatiens uliginosa Franch., an endemic species in Southwest China

Chao Luo; Wulue Huang; Jiapeng Zhu; Zhixi Feng; Yingli Liu; Yang Li; Xinyi Li; Haiquan Huang; Meijuan Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1687024

The complete chloroplast genome of Impatiens uliginosa Franch., an endemic species in Southwest China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Nov 6;4(2):3846-3847. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1687024.

Authors

Chao Luo¹, Wulue Huang¹, Jiapeng Zhu¹, Zhixi Feng¹, Yingli Liu¹, Yang Li¹, Xinyi Li¹, Haiquan Huang^{1

2}, Meijuan Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Landscape Architecture, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China.
² Research and Development Center of Landscape Plants and Horticulture Flowers, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China.

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Impatiens uliginosa Franch., an endemic species in Southwest China, we research genetic and phylogenetic relationship with other species in an effort to provide genomic resources useful for promoting its conservation and utilization. The total chloroplast genome size of I. uliginosa is 152,609 bp, with a typical quadripartite structure including a pair of inverted repeat (IRs, 25,871 bp) regions separated by a small single copy (SSC, 17,502 bp) region and a large single copy (LSC, 83,365 bp) region. The overall GC content of I. uliginosa plastid genome was 36.8%. The whole chloroplast genome contains 136 genes, including 89 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 38 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and 8 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs). Among these genes, 15 genes have one intron and 2 genes contain two introns. To investigate the evolution status, the phylogenetic tree based on APG III from 12 complete chloroplast plastomes of Ericales supports close relationships. According to the phylogenetic topologies, I. uliginosa was closely related to I. piufanensis.

Keywords: Impatiens uliginosa Franch.; chloroplast genome; endemic species.