The complete chloroplast genome of the desert shrub Nitraria sphaerocarpa (Nitrariaceae) and phylogenetic analysis

Abstract

Nitraria sphaerocarpa Maxim. is a typical desert shrub commonly used as a sand binder. Here, we sequenced and characterized the whole plastid genome of N. sphaerocarpa. It is 159,369 bp in length, containing two copies of inverted repeat (IR) regions (26,566 bp, each), a large single-copy (LSC) region (87,854 bp), and a small single-copy (SSC) region (18,383 bp). It has 114 unigenes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, four rRNA genes, and one pseudogene (infA). Phylogenetic analysis shows that N. sphaerocarpa is located at a basal position of the genus Nitraria.

Keywords:

• Chloroplast genome
• Nitrariaceae
• Nitraria sphaerocarpa
• phylogenetic analysis

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 at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/, accession number: MW820161. The raw sequencing data is available under GenBank Bioproject PRJNA728758.

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Funding

This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31770227], The National Basic Resource Survey of China [2017FY100201], The Large-scale Scientific Facilities of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [2017-LSFGBOWS-01], The Science and Technology Basic Resources Survey special [2018FY100704].