The complete chloroplast genome of Strobilanthes biocullata (Acanthaceae)

Qin Wang; Sunan Huang; Xin Chen; Yunfei Deng

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1927868

The complete chloroplast genome of Strobilanthes biocullata (Acanthaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 May 19;6(6):1668-1669. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1927868.

Authors

Qin Wang¹, Sunan Huang^{2

3}, Xin Chen¹, Yunfei Deng²

Affiliations

¹ College of Biology and the Environment, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
² Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation & Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
³ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

Strobilanthes biocullata is a plietesial species endemic to China. The complete chloroplast genome (cp genome) of S. biocullata was sequenced for the first time. The cp genome of S. biocullata is 144,012 bp in length. It consists of a large single copy (LSC) region (91,628 bp) and a small single copy (SSC) region (17,666 bp), which are separated by two inverted repeats (IRs, 34,718 bp). It contains 114 unique genes, including 80 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. The overall GC content is 38.2%. Phylogenetic analysis of 13 species has been conducted. This newly sequenced cp genome will be useful to further genetic diversity, phylogeny, and genomic studies of the genus Strobilanthes.

Keywords: Acanthaceae; Strobilanthes biocullata; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Jiangsu Province, China (PAPD) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (31270247).