The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Mirabilis himalaica, an endemic plant to Tibet

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the important medicinal plant Mirabilis himalaica has been reported in this study. It was 346,363 bp in size with a GC content of 44.6% and contained 42 protein-coding genes (30 known functional genes, 11 ORF genes and one ycf2 gene of unknown function), 27 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. Most of the genes were single-copy genes, only three were duplicated and two were multi-copy. Phylogenetic analysis showed M. himalaica to be closely clustered with Silene latifolia, Spinacia oleracea and Beta vulgaris, all species belong to the order Caryophyllales.

Keywords:

• Mirabilis himalaica
• endangered species
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogeny

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 MT535663.

Disclosure statement

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

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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].