Complete chloroplast genome of Lonicera ligustrina Wall. (Caprifoliaceae) and its phylogenetic implications

Abstract

Lonicera ligustrina is a folk medicinal herb in China and India with highly potential medicinal value. Here, we reported the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of L. ligustrina (GenBank accession number: ON968694). The cp genome was 155,330 bp long, with a large single-copy region (LSC) of 88,855 bp and a small single-copy region (SSC) of 18,647 bp separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 23,914 bp. We also reconstructed the phylogeny of Lonicera using maximum likelihood (ML) method, including our data and previously reported cp genomes of related taxa. The current study indicated that L. ligustrina is sister with the Nintooa clade of subgen. Lonicera.

Keywords:

• Lonicera ligustrina
• lonicera
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenomics

Ethical approval

The material involved in the article does not involve ethical conflicts. This study was permitted by College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Quzhou University, China. All collection and sequencing work was strictly executed under local legislation and related laboratory regulations to protect wild resources.

Authors’ contributions

The article was designed and conceived by Jian-Hui Li; Li-Li Liu and Zhong-Shuai Sun assembled and annotated the cp genome; Zhong-Shuai Sun collected and identified the plant material; Li-Li Liu contributed significantly to phylogenetic analysis and manuscript preparation; Jian-Hui Li was involved in interpretation of the data and revised the manuscript critically for intellectual content. All authors approved the final version to be published and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest and 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 at (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) under the accession no. ON968694. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA894792, SRR22061799 and SAMN31469260 respectively.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31400321).