The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross: a medicinal plant

Hongsheng Yang; Donghong Yang; Xuewen Yang; Lili Li; Qingbo Zhou; Haitao Cheng; Decai Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2141079

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross: a medicinal plant

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Nov 11;7(11):1961-1963. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2141079. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Hongsheng Yang¹, Donghong Yang², Xuewen Yang¹, Lili Li¹, Qingbo Zhou¹, Haitao Cheng¹, Decai Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Biology and Agriculture, Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, China.
² College of Stomatology, Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, China.

Abstract

Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross is an herbal medicine with a long history of common use in China. In this study, we sequenced and assembled the complete chloroplast genome sequence of P. perfoliata and investigated its phylogenetic relationship in the family Polygonaceae. The total genome size is 160,585 bp in length with 37.96% GC content, consisting of a small single-copy (SSC) of 12,876 bp, a large single-copy (LSC) of 85,439 bp, and two inverted repeats (IRs) of 31,135 bp. The cp genome contains 128 genes, including 35 tRNA genes, eight rRNA genes, and 85 protein-coding genes. The phylogenetic tree showed that P. perfoliata was closely related to P. maackiana, and Persicaria exhibited a closer relationship with Bistorta in the family Polygonaceae. This work provides a molecular basis for investigating the evolutionary status, phylogenetic relationships, and population genetics of this species.

Keywords: Persicaria perfoliata; Polygonaceae; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Startup Project of Doctoral Special Scientific Research Fund of Jiamusi University [JMSUBZ2019-15], Youth Innovative Talent Training Support Program of Jiamusi University [JMSUQP2020006], and the Basic Research Project for Heilongjiang Provincial Universities [2020-KYYWF-0239].