The complete chloroplast genome of Plateau herb Chesneya acaulis (Fabaceae)

Li-Yun Nie; Ai-Hua Wang; Lei Duan; Hong-Feng Chen; Fa-Guo Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1878955

The complete chloroplast genome of Plateau herb Chesneya acaulis (Fabaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 17;6(2):641-642. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1878955.

Authors

Li-Yun Nie^{1

2}, Ai-Hua Wang^{1

3}, Lei Duan¹, Hong-Feng Chen¹, Fa-Guo Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
² College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf, Ministry of Education, Nanning Normal University, Nanning, China.

Abstract

Chesneya acaulis is a perennial herb, which restricts in Xizang (Tibet) of China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The complete chloroplast genome was sequenced using the Illumina Hiseq X-Ten platform. The genome lacks an inverted repeat (IR) region, containing 75 protein-coding genes, 29 tRNAs genes, and 4 rRNAs. The overall GC content is 34.6%. A phylogenetic tree based on the whole chloroplast genomes of 15 species indicated that C. acaulis had a close relationship with the genus Hedysarum, and it nested in the inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC), of the subfamily Papilionoideae (Leguminosae).

Keywords: Chesneya acaulis; Chloroplast genome; Fabaceae; Plateau herb.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant no. 32070229] and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province [Grant no. 2018GXNSFBA138005].