The complete chloroplast genome of Phlegmariurus phlegmaria, one representative species of genus Phlegmariurus

Abstract

Phlegmariurus (Herter) Holub is the largest genus of Lycopodiaceae, with about 250 species distributed in the tropics and subtropics of the world. Phlegmariurus phlegmaria is the representative species of Phlegmariurus. In this study, we reported the complete chloroplast genome of P. phlegmaria. This complete chloroplast genome is 1,49,711 bp in size. In total, 134 genes were identified, including 84 protein-coding genes, 42 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. In phylogenetic analysis, a close relationship with genus Huperzia was supported by maximum-likelihood (ML) tree. The complete plastome of P. phlegmaria will provide potential genetic resources to understand the evolution of lycophytes.

Keywords:

• Phlegmariurus phlegmaria
• chloroplast genome
• Lycopodiaceae
• lycophytes phylogeny

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Phlegmariurus phlegmaria in this study was submitted to the NCBI database under the accession number MT786212. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=MT786212

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Science and Technology Fund Project [1517-06].