The complete chloroplast genome of Zanthoxylum piasezkii Maxim. (Rutaceae) and its phylogenetic analysis

Chong Sun; Xia Liu; Peng Dong; Mi Kuang; Zexiong Chen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1866458

The complete chloroplast genome of Zanthoxylum piasezkii Maxim. (Rutaceae) and its phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 5;6(2):306-307. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1866458.

Authors

Chong Sun¹, Xia Liu¹, Peng Dong², Mi Kuang², Zexiong Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Landscape Architecture and Life Science, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing, China.
² The Agricultural Technology Extension Station of Chongqing, Chongqing, China.

Abstract

Zanthoxylum piasezkii Maxim. is a widely distributed species of edible medicinal plant in China. It has been used for traditional spicy condiment and medicinal ingredients for quite a long time. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Z. piasezkii was first reported and characterized from sequencing data. The complete chloroplast genome was determined to be 158,728 bp in length, consisting of a large single-copy (LSC) region (85,918 bp) and a small single copy (SSC) region (17,612 bp), which were separated by a pair of 27,599 bp inverted repeat (IR) regions. The chloroplast genome is predicted to contain 132 genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The overall GC content of cpDNA is 38.4%. The phylogenetic analysis of 12 complete chloroplast genomes reveals that Z. piasezkii is mostly related to the congeneric Z. bungeanum.

Keywords: Zanthoxylum piasezkii; complete chloroplast genomes; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31901324], Natural Science Foundation general Project of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau [cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0693], and Technology Innovation and Application Development special key Project of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau [cstc2019jscx-gksbX0110].