The complete plastid genome sequence of Lysidice brevicalyx (Fabaceae: Detarioideae), an arbor species endemic to China

Jian-Xin Li; Ying Meng; Ze-Long Nie; Tie-Yao Tu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2259041

The complete plastid genome sequence of Lysidice brevicalyx (Fabaceae: Detarioideae), an arbor species endemic to China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Sep 21;8(9):1003-1006. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2259041. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Jian-Xin Li^{1

2

3}, Ying Meng¹, Ze-Long Nie¹, Tie-Yao Tu^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan, China.
² Plant Science Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
³ South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

The plastid genome of Lysidice brevicalyx was successfully assembled using Illumina sequencing reads for the first time. The complete plastid genome of L. brevicalyx is a circular structure of 159,084 bp with a GC content of 36.4%. It comprises a large single-copy (LSC) region of 87,783 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 19,557 bp, and two inverted repeat regions (IRA and IRB) of 25,872 bp, each. The plastome of L. brevicalyx contains a total of 128 genes, including 83 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNAs, and 8 rRNAs. The phylogenetic analysis strongly supports the monophyly of Lysidice. This study provides the first complete plastid genome sequence of L. brevicalyx and contributes to our understanding of the molecular characteristics and evolutionary relationships of this plant species.

Keywords: Fabales; Leguminosae; Lysidice; Phylogenetic analysis; plastid genome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported financially by the Guangdong Provincial Special Fund for Natural Resource Affairs on Ecology and Forestry Construction (GDZZDC20228704) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China [32070222].