Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of the medicinal plant Mirabilis himalaica

Abstract

Mirabilis himalaica is an old and popular medicinal plant used in traditional Tibetan folk medicine. Here, we reported the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Mirabilis himalaica. The assembled chloroplast genome was 154,348 bp long, containing a large single-copy region of 85,809 bp, a small single-copy region of 17,935 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat regions of 25,302 bp. It had 36% GC content and encoded 131 genes including 86 protein-coding genes, eight rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA. Fifteen and two genes contained one and two introns, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that Mirabilis himalaica was sister to Nyctaginia capitata.

Keywords:

• Mirabilis himalaica
• Endangered species
• chloroplast genome
• conservation

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/nuccore, reference number MT535664.

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Funding

This work was funded by The Budget Project of Tibet Autonomous Region level [Grant No. 2019-44], The Tibet Autonomous Region Major Special Science and Technology Project [Grant No. XZ201901-GA-04], The Fourth National Survey of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources, Chinese or Tibet Medicinal Resources Investigation in Tibet Autonomous Region (State Administration of Chinese Traditional Medicine) [Grant No. 20190411–542222].