The complete chloroplast genome of Epimedium davidii Franch. (Berberidaceae)

Qianru Yang; Xiang Liu; Cheng Zhang; Yu Yao; Yanjiao Luo; Guoan Shen; Baolin Guo

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1704641

The complete chloroplast genome of Epimedium davidii Franch. (Berberidaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 8;5(1):445-446. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1704641.

Authors

Qianru Yang¹, Xiang Liu^{1

2}, Cheng Zhang¹, Yu Yao¹, Yanjiao Luo³, Guoan Shen¹, Baolin Guo¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, PR China.
² Chongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica, Chongqing, PR China.
³ Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.

Abstract

Epimedium davidii, which belongs to Berberidaceae, is mainly distributed in the southwest of China. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of E. davidii was sequenced and assembled. The circular genome is 159,715 bp in length, which comprises a large single-copy region (LSC, 85,862 bp), a small single-copy region (SSC, 17,081 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb, 28,386 bp). The chloroplast genome of E. davidii contains 112 unique genes, of which 78 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that E. davidii was closely related to Epimedium acuminatum.

Keywords: Berberidaceae; Chloroplast genome; Epimedium davidii.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (CIFMS) [2017-12M-3-013], the National Science Foundation of China [81473302], the Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau [cstc2018jcyjAX031, cstc2018jxjl-jbky130018], and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and the Technology Projects of Chongqing Health and Family Planning Commission [ZY201802117], and National Natural Science Foundation of China.