The plastid genome of a large hemiepiphytic plants Ficus altissima (Moraceae)

Abstract

Ficus altissima Blume is a hemiepiphytic monoecious fig species of the genus Ficus in the family Moraceae. To better determine its phylogenetic location with respect to the other Ficus species, the complete plastid genome of F. altissima was sequenced. The whole plastome is 160,251 bp in length, consisting of a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 25,886 bp, one large single-copy (LSC) region of 88,470 bp, and one small single-copy (SSC) region of 20,009 bp. The overall GC content of the whole plastome is 35.9%. Further, maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses was conducted using 29 complete fig plastomes, which support close relationships among F. altissima, F. benjamina, F. microcarpa, and F. consociata.

Keywords:

• Ficus altissima
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenetic analysis

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The data that support the finding of this study are openly available in Moraceae Chloroplast Genome Database (http://lcgdb.wordpress.com). Accession numbers are LAU10101.

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Funding

This work was supported by Yunnan Agricultural Foundation Projects under grant [Number: 2017FG001(−051)]; The Project of Key Laboratory of Insect Resources Conservation and Utilization in Western Yunnan under grant [Number: YJF(2019)No.57].