Abstract
Rubus irritans Focke is a type of tonifying kidney-essence herb used in China. We present the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of R. irritans, a member of the genus Rubus. The complete cp genome of R. irritans was 155,286 bp long and consisted of an 84,613 bp long large single-copy (LSC) region, an 18,697 bp long SSC region, and a pair of 25,988 bp long inverted repeats (IR). Furthermore, the plastid genome contained 130 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The overall GC content of the genome was 37.29%. Based on the complete cp genome, phylogenetic analysis revealed that R. irritans is closely related to R. amabilis.
Author contributions
Yong-Xia Han, Li Tong and Zong-Hao Zhang accomplished the design, writing, and revision of this study. Shi-Bing Yang and Fang Yang participated in the collection and identification of plant material. All authors read and approved the final manuscript and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Data availability statement
The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] under the accession no. MN652919. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA771538, SRR16529182, and SAMN22315382, respectively.