The complete chloroplast genome of Edgeworthia chrysantha (Thymelaeaceae)

Shiou Yih Lee; Kewang Xu; Wenbo Liao; Qiang Fan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1832600

The complete chloroplast genome of Edgeworthia chrysantha (Thymelaeaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Nov 3;5(3):3657-3658. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1832600.

Authors

Shiou Yih Lee¹, Kewang Xu², Wenbo Liao¹, Qiang Fan¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
² Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Subtropical Forest Biodiversity Conservation, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

Edgeworthia chrysantha is a subtropical plant with significant medicinal value. Herein, we assembled and characterized the complete chloroplast genome of E. chrysantha as genomic resource for future study. The genome consisted a total length of 172,446 bp, comprising of a large single-copy (LSC) region of 85,527 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 2871 bp, separated by two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 42,024 bp each; a total of 139 genes were predicted for the chloroplast genome. Phylogenetic analysis showed that E. chrysantha is placed at the base of the Daphne group of tribe Daphneae, within the family Thymelaeaceae.

Keywords: Daphneae; genomic resources; illumina sequencing; phylogenomics; traditional medicine.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [33000-31611215], Shenzhen Dapeng Peninsula National Geopark Horizontal Research Grant [33000-71021140] as well as Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [2018B 030320001].