Abstract
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Tetrastigma hemsleyanum Diels at Gilg, a critical Chinese medicine, is reported here. The complete chloroplast genome of Tetrastigma hemsleyanum Diels at Gilg is 159 914 bp in length with 37.55% overall GC content. A pair of IRs (inverted repeats) of 26 510 bp were separated by LSC (87 927 bp) and SSC (18 967 bp). The phylogenetic analysis of 40 taxa showed a strong sister relationship with all other rosids. However, the placement of Myrtales still needs further verification.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article. This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (172210152), the National Science and Technology Major Project of China (2013ZX09103002-005), Science and Technology Support Project of Jiangsu Province (BE2014654), Science and Technology Support Project of Changshu (CS201405), the National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81273394) and the Foundation for Outstanding Young Scientist in Shandong Province (Grant No. BS2009SW046).