The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the medicinal plant Siegesbeckia orientalis L., the first in the genus Siegesbeckia

Jingting Liu; Mei Jiang; Liqiang Wang; Linfang Huang; Haimei Chen; Chang Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1698355

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the medicinal plant Siegesbeckia orientalis L., the first in the genus Siegesbeckia

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 11;5(1):145-146. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1698355.

Authors

Jingting Liu¹, Mei Jiang¹, Liqiang Wang¹, Linfang Huang¹, Haimei Chen¹, Chang Liu¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine from Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P. R. China.

Abstract

Siegesbeckia orientalis L. is a plant with important medicinal and economic values. We reported the first complete chloroplast genome sequence of S. orientalis. This genome is 151,821 bp in length and comprises a large single-copy region of 83,540 bp, a small single-copy region of 18,225 bp and a pair of inverted repeat regions of 25,028 bp each. It encodes 138 genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 27 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. The phylogenomic analysis showed that S. orientalis and Guizotia abyssinia were clustered together. This genomewill lay the foundation for the molecular discovery and phylogenomic study of this genus.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Photosynthesis; Siegesbeckia orientalis L..

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Innovation Funds for Medical Sciences (CIFMS) [2017-I2M-1-013, 2016-I2M-3-016], National Science Foundation Funds [81872966], National Science &Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China [2018FY100705].