The complete chloroplast genome of Phlegmariurus phlegmaria, one representative species of genus Phlegmariurus

Li-Ming Tang; Ri-Hong Jiang; Jia-Cheng An

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1820392

The complete chloroplast genome of Phlegmariurus phlegmaria, one representative species of genus Phlegmariurus

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Sep 29;5(3):3418-3419. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1820392.

Authors

Li-Ming Tang¹, Ri-Hong Jiang², Jia-Cheng An²

Affiliations

¹ Forestry Department of Guangxi, Nanning, PR China.
² Key Laboratory of Central South Fast-growing Timber Cultivation of Forestry Ministry of China, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Superior Timber Trees Resource Cultivation, Guangxi Forestry Research Institute, Nanning, PR China.

Abstract

Phlegmariurus (Herter) Holub is the largest genus of Lycopodiaceae, with about 250 species distributed in the tropics and subtropics of the world. Phlegmariurus phlegmaria is the representative species of Phlegmariurus. In this study, we reported the complete chloroplast genome of P. phlegmaria. This complete chloroplast genome is 1,49,711 bp in size. In total, 134 genes were identified, including 84 protein-coding genes, 42 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. In phylogenetic analysis, a close relationship with genus Huperzia was supported by maximum-likelihood (ML) tree. The complete plastome of P. phlegmaria will provide potential genetic resources to understand the evolution of lycophytes.

Keywords: Lycopodiaceae; Phlegmariurus phlegmaria; chloroplast genome; lycophytes phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Science and Technology Fund Project [1517-06].