Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Senna bicapsularis (Leguminosae), an ornamental plant

Abstract

Senna bicapsularis is an important flowering, ornamental plant. The extracts showed antioxidant activity and antibacterial properties. In addition, S. bicapsularis can be used as a model woody plants. In the present study, the complete chloroplast genome was sequenced. The result showed that the length of circular chloroplast genome was 162,744 bp, containing a large single-copy region of 91,176 bp, a small single-copy region of 18,264 bp, and two inverted repeat regions of 26,652 bp. The chloroplast genome contained 128 genes, including 83 protein-coding, eight rRNA, and 37 tRNA genes. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that S. bicapsularis has closely relationship with Senna occidentalis, Senna tora and Senna siamea.

Keywords:

• Senna bicapsularis
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenetic analysis

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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 National Center for Biotechnology Information] at [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/], accession number [MT559309].

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Funding

This work was supported by Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences [No. 2020K-28], Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province [No. 2020JQ-922], and the Education Department Special Research Project of Shaanxi Province [No. 18JK0953].