The complete chloroplast genome of Fargesia angustissima T. P. Yi: a panda dietary bamboo species

Abstract

Fargesia angustissima T. P. Yi, categorized into Arundinarieae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), is a critical species endemic to Minshan Mountain, China. F. angustissima provides shelter and food sources for the giant panda and other endangered animals (e.g. red panda and snub-nosed monkey). This study assembled the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of F. angustissima using the high-throughput sequencing technique. The total cp length was 139,706 bp, containing 130 annotated genes with predicted GC content at 38.87%. The cp genome comprises two single-copy (LSC and SSC) regions, harboring 83,282 bp and 12,830 bp, respectively. The SSC regions were located between two inverted repeats (IR) regions (21,797 bp). Reconstruction of the phylogenetic tree illustrated that F. angustissima clustered F. canaliculata in Fargesia II. The study provides theoretical clues to explore the geographical distribution and species-level identification of the Fargesia genus.

Keywords:

• Fargesia angustissima
• plastome
• phylogeny
• geographic distribution
• Fargesia
• classification

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Author contributions

Tao Su and Hao Wu designed the research; Hao Wu, Xue Li, and Yingjian Zhang performed the research and analyzed the data; Xue Li, Hao Wu, and Xianglei Xu participated in the fieldwork; Hao Wu, Xue Li, and Yingjian Zhang wrote the draft. Tao Su revised and confirmed the manuscript. All authors agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Ethical approval

The materials used in this study were not related to protected species and were within the limits of the relevant national laws. We obtained permission from ZhuDu Park to collect plant specimens.

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data supporting this study’s findings are available in GenBank of NCBI under accession No. OP821764.1. The associated Bio-Project, Bio-Sample, and SRA numbers are PRJNA900166, SAMN31680877, and SRR22253535, respectively.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grant number (31870589; 31700525), the Graduate Research Innovation Projects in Jiangsu Province (SJCX22_0329), and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.