Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Handroanthus chrysanthus (Bignoniaceae)

Hong-Ze Liao; Man-Man Sun; Hao Zhou; Xiu Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2102445

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Handroanthus chrysanthus (Bignoniaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Aug 17;7(8):1479-1480. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2102445. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Hong-Ze Liao^{1

2}, Man-Man Sun¹, Hao Zhou¹, Xiu Liu²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Marine Resources, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, China.
² Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Non-wood Forest Cultivation and Utilization, Guangxi Forestry Research Institute, Nanning, China.

Abstract

Handroanthus chrysanthus is a deciduous broadleaved species with ecological and medicinal value. Here, the complete chloroplast genome of H. chrysanthus is characterized to investigate its phylogenetic position in Bignoniaceae. The chloroplast genome is 159,437 bp in size with GC content of 38.1%, including a large single copy region of 85,659 bp, a small single copy region of 12,824 bp and a pair of inverted repeats of 30,477 bp. It encodes 132 genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Based on current available chloroplast genome sequences, the phylogenetic analysis indicated that H. chrysanthus is closely related to Tabebuia nodosa.

Keywords: Bignoniaceae; Handroanthus chrysanthus; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the grants from Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Non-wood Forest Cultivation and Utilization [2020-JB-02] and Guangxi Forestry Science and Technology Promotion Demonstration Project [2021-01].