Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of ornamental plant, Bougainvillea peruviana (Nyctaginaceae)

Guofeng Liu; Shiou Yih Lee; Xing Hu; Miaomiao Sun; Jianzhong Ni; Wei Wang; Seping Dai; Lin Ruan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1768948

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of ornamental plant, Bougainvillea peruviana (Nyctaginaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Aug 28;5(3):3267-3268. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1768948.

Authors

Guofeng Liu¹, Shiou Yih Lee², Xing Hu¹, Miaomiao Sun¹, Jianzhong Ni¹, Wei Wang¹, Seping Dai¹, Lin Ruan¹

Affiliations

¹ Guangzhou Institute of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Guangzhou, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

Bougainvillea peruviana is a widely domesticated ornamental plant species. However, studies on B. peruviana are limited. In this study, we reported the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of B. peruviana. The cp genome is 154,465 bp in length, containing a large single-copy (LSC) of 85,563 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) of 18,050 bp, which are separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 25,426 bp, each. A total of 132 genes, including 86 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes, were predicted. The overall GC content for the cp genome is 36.5%. The maximum-likelihood tree constructed based on cp genome sequences showed that B. peruviana is placed under Nyctaginaceae and is diverged before Bougainvillea glabra and Bougainvillea spectabilis under strong bootstrap support.

Keywords: Bougainvillea; Illumina sequencing; chloroplast genome; landscaping; ornamental.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by the Science and Technology Project for People’s Livelihood, and the Innovation Platform Construction Project of Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau.