The first complete chloroplast genome sequence of Paris polyphylla var. emeiensis, a rare and endangered species

Abstract

Paris polyphylla var. emeiensis H. X. Yin, H. Zhang & D. Xue is a member of the genus Paris endemic to southwest of China. The complete chloroplast (cp) genome of P. polyphylla var. emeiensis was 164,854 bp in length with 36.96% overall GC content, including a large single-copy (LSC) region of 84,438 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 12,892 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 33,762 bp. There were 135 genes in total, including 89 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated P. polyphylla var. emeiensis was closely related to P. fargesii and P. cronquistii.

Keywords:

• Paris polyphylla var. emeiensis
• complete chloroplast genome
• phylogeny
• Melanthiaceae

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in NCBI GenBank database at (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) with the accession number is MT381945, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Funding

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant No. 31860080], the key technology project in Yunnan province of China [No. 201800501], and the Innovation Team project for traditional Chinese medicine resources and ethnic medicine of Dali University [ZKLX2019318].