The complete chloroplast genome sequence of spleen amaranth (Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell., Amaranthaceae)

Abstract

Amaranthus dubius is a leafy vegetable widely cultivated in Asia and Africa. The complete chloroplast genome of Amaranthus dubius was sequenced and assembled in this study. The complete chloroplast genome is 150,520 bp. A total of 130 genes were identified, including 85 protein-coding genes, eight rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. The overall GC content of this genome was 36.6%. The phylogenetic tree based on 10 chloroplast genomes in Amaranthaceae supports that A. dubius is sister to A. hypochondriacus and A. caudatus.

Keywords:

• Amaranthus dubius
• chloroplast genome
• naturalized
• phylogenetic

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) under the accession no. MZ397802. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA741594, SRR14920259, and SAMN19882390, respectively. The DNA matrix and phylogenetic tree that support the findings of this study are openly available on figshare: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16530771.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY21C030008], the Chenshan Special Foundations from Shanghai Municipal Administration of Forestation and City Appearances [G212405], the Fundamental Research Funds of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [2020Q031], the Open Fund of Shaoxing Academy of Biomedicine of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [SXAB202020], and the Open Fund of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources [PFGR202002, PFGR202104].