The complete chloroplast genome sequence of medicinal plant Alpinia chinensis (Retz.) Rosc

Yu Mei; Shike Cai; Shiqiang Xu; Yan Gu; Fang Zhou; Jihua Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1817805

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of medicinal plant Alpinia chinensis (Retz.) Rosc

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Sep 11;5(3):3328-3329. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1817805.

Authors

Yu Mei¹, Shike Cai¹, Shiqiang Xu¹, Yan Gu¹, Fang Zhou¹, Jihua Wang¹

Affiliation

¹ Guangdong Key Laboratory of Crops Genetic Improvement, Crops Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, P. R. China.

Abstract

Alpinia chinensis (Retz.) Rosc is one of Chinese tradition herbal medicine and edible plant in China. In this report, we sequenced the complete chloroplast genome of A. chinensis. Through the assembly annotation of genome with high-throughput sequencing data, which help us to research the evolution. The length of chloroplast sequences was 163,590 bp with a large single-copy region (LSC) and a small single-copy region (SSC), also, two inverted repeat region A (IR), whose length was 88,951, 15,299, and 29,670 bp, respectively. A total of 138 genes were predicted in the complete chloroplast genome, with 36.4% GC content, including 93 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. From the phylogenetic analysis, we could conclude that A. chinensis (Retz.) Rosc. was close to Alpinia oxyphylla in Zingiberaceae.

Keywords: Alpinia chinensis; chloroplast genome; medicinal plant.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the scientific innovation strategy construction of the high-level Academy of Agriculture Science [R2019PY-JX003] and Southern Medicinal Plants Pharmaceutical Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Project of Boluo (2019).