Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the Musk Larkspur Delphinium brunonianum (Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae)

Abstract

Musk Larkspur (Delphinium brunonianum) is a perennial herb of the family Ranunculace with medicinal values. In this study, the chloroplast (cp) genome of this herb was determined to be 153,926 bp long with an A + T-biased base composition, and comprises a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (26,559 bp), separated by a large single-copy (LSC) region (84,512 bp) and a small single-copy (SSC) region (16,296 bp). A total of 112 gene species were annotated with 19 of them being completely or partially duplicated. Eighteen gene species harbor one or two introns. Phylogenetic analysis challenged the monophyly of the subfamily Ranunculoideae.

Keywords:

• Iterative mapping
• Musk Larkspur
• Delphinium brunonianum
• phylogeny
• plastid genome

Disclosure statement

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 GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, reference number MT457851.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Major Science and Technology Projects in Qinghai Province [2020-SF-A3-2], the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31860585], the Major Science and Technology Projects in Xining City [2019-Z-09], and the State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research and Development [2015DQ870717].