The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Acorus tatarinowii (Araceae) from Fujian, China

Liang Ma; Shu-Zhen Jiang; Hui Lian; Yuan-Fang Xiong; Zhong-Jian Liu; Shi-Pin Chen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1806133

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Acorus tatarinowii (Araceae) from Fujian, China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Aug 12;5(3):3159-3160. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1806133.

Authors

Liang Ma^{1

2}, Shu-Zhen Jiang^{1

2}, Hui Lian^{1

2}, Yuan-Fang Xiong^{1

2}, Zhong-Jian Liu^{1

2

3}, Shi-Pin Chen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
² Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
³ College of Landscape, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.

Abstract

Acorus tatarinowii is a useful traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and is officially documented in the Chinese Pharmacopeia with the name 'Shi Chang Pu'. It belongs to the Araceae family and is used for the treatment of dementia, epilepsy, amnesia and insomnia. We resequenced complete chloroplast (cp) genome of A. tatarinowii from Fujian, China. The whole genome was 153,453 bp in length, consisting of a pair of inverted repeats (IR 25,795 bp), a large single-copy region (LSC 83,631 bp), and a small single-copy region (SSC 18,232 bp). The complete genome contained 132 genes, including 84 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA, and 8 rRNA genes. The overall GC content of the whole genome was 38.7%. A maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis showed that A. tatarinowii is sister to A. tatarinowii which was collected in Yunnan, China. The complete chloroplast genome of A. tatarinowii will help improve and integrate the existing genome data of monocots and provide insights into the phylogenetic relationship among basal angiosperms, monocots and dicots.

Keywords: Acorus tatarinowii; Araceae; chloroplast genome; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Project [2018YFD1000401] and Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization Construction Funds [nos. 115/118990050; 115/KJG18016A].