The complete chloroplast genome of Akebia trifoliata (Lardizabalaceae), a traditional herb in China

Abstract

Akebia trifoliata, commonly known as ‘Bayuezha’ in China, has been widely used as traditional Chinese medicinal herbs with a long history. In the present study, the complete chloroplast genome of A. trifoliata was sequenced using Illumina high-throughput sequencing approach. The length of the complete chloroplast genome is 157,952 bp with 38.7% GC content. It contains 131 genes, including 86 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that A. trifoliata was closely related to another Lardizabalaceae species, Akebia quinata, which further confirms traditional species classification.

Keywords:

• Akebia trifoliata
• Lardizabalaceae
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenetic analysis

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The data that newly generated in this study is deposited in GenBank (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), with accession number MN906448.

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Funding

This work was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China [31972474 and 31671259] and National Foundation for Germplasm Repository of Special Horticultural Crops in Central Mountain Areas of China [NJF2017-69].