Complete plastome sequence of Aspidopterys obcordata (Malpighiaceae), a traditional Dai medicinal plant from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Yan-Xiong Gong; Nan Jiang; Zhi-Rong Zhang; Yao-Hua Tian; Wen-Bin Yu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1827998

Complete plastome sequence of Aspidopterys obcordata (Malpighiaceae), a traditional Dai medicinal plant from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Oct 9;5(3):3533-3535. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1827998.

Authors

Yan-Xiong Gong¹, Nan Jiang², Zhi-Rong Zhang³, Yao-Hua Tian¹, Wen-Bin Yu^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops, Jinghong, China.
² Center for Integrative Conservation&Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China.
³ Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
⁴ Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China.

Abstract

We reported the first complete plastid genome of Aspidopterys (Malpighiaceae) in this study. The complete plastome of Aspidopterys obcordata is 160,453 bp in length with a base composition of A (31.4%), G (18.5%), C (18.2%), and T (32.0%). Structurally, the genome contains two short inverted repeats (26,905 bp for each), which are separated by a large single copy region (88,491 bp) and a small single copy region (18,152 bp). The plastome contained 113 unique genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 30 transfer RNAs, and 4 ribosomal RNAs. Phylogenetic analyses showed that A. obcordata was sister to Bunchosia argentea in the monophyletic Malpighiaceae. This study provided a high-quality plastome sequence for future studies in Aspidopterys, as well as Malpighiaceae.

Keywords: Aspidopterys obcordata; Dai traditional medicine; Malpighiaceae; chloroplast genome.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by grants from the Large-scale Scientific Facilities of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [2017-LSFGBOWS-02].We are grateful to the physical supports from Department of Gardening and Horticulture and HPC Platform of the Public Technology Service Center, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.