First report of complete chloroplast genome sequence of monotypic genus Astilboides (Saxifragaceae) in North East Asia

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Astilboides tabularis, one of endemic species of Eastern Asia, was determined. The chloroplast genome was 157,147 bp in length with large single-copy (87,703 bp), small single-copy (18,268 bp) and a pair of inverted repeats (25,588 bp). In total, 131 genes were encoded, including 86 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis using concatenated 77 protein-coding genes of 15 species chloroplast genome revealed that A. tabularis was sister to the clade containing Bergenia, Oresitrophe, and Mukdenia.

Keywords:

• Chloroplast genome
• Astilboides tabularis
• Saxifragaceae
• monotypic genus

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to several researcher and lab associates for assistance in field collection.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this article. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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, reference number MT316511.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Project of Korea National Arboretum [KNA1-1-13, 14-1].