First report of complete chloroplast genome sequence of monotypic genus Astilboides (Saxifragaceae) in North East Asia

Young-Ho Ha; Hee-Young Gil; Dong-Kap Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1824595

First report of complete chloroplast genome sequence of monotypic genus Astilboides (Saxifragaceae) in North East Asia

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Oct 21;5(3):3616-3617. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1824595.

Authors

Young-Ho Ha^{1

2}, Hee-Young Gil³, Dong-Kap Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Life Sciences, Gachon University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
³ DMZ Botanic Garden, Korea National Arboretum, Yanggu, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Astilboides tabularis, one of endemic species of Eastern Asia, was determined. The chloroplast genome was 157,147 bp in length with large single-copy (87,703 bp), small single-copy (18,268 bp) and a pair of inverted repeats (25,588 bp). In total, 131 genes were encoded, including 86 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis using concatenated 77 protein-coding genes of 15 species chloroplast genome revealed that A. tabularis was sister to the clade containing Bergenia, Oresitrophe, and Mukdenia.

Keywords: Astilboides tabularis; Chloroplast genome; Saxifragaceae; monotypic genus.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Project of Korea National Arboretum [KNA1-1-13, 14-1].