Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Zingiber zerumbet

Abstract

Different species of Zingiberaceae are very similar in appearance, which brings some obstacles in the accurate identification of species. Here, we assembled and analyzed the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of Zingiber zerumbet. The cp genome of Z. zerumbet is 169,183 bp in length, which contains a pair of inverted repeated (IR) regions of 37,480 bp, a large single copy (LSC) region of 86,709 bp, and a small single copy (SSC) region of 7,515 bp. The genome contains a total of 138 genes, including 92 protein-coding genes, 38 transfer RNA genes, and eight ribosomal RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis exhibited that the cp genome sequence could distinguish Z. zerumbet from other species. This study is beneficial to the germplasm identification and utilization of Z. zerumbet.

Keywords:

• Zingiber zerumbet
• Zingiberaceae
• chloroplast genome
• Illumina sequencing

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 at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT239400.1/, reference number MT239400.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant No. 31860082], the Project for Technology Development of Hainan Provincial Scientific Research Institutions [Grant No. KYYS-2018-14], The Project for species variety resources protection of Ministry of Agriculture [Grant No. 111821301354052033], and the Project for Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2018.