The complete chloroplast genome of Ligusticopsis acaulis (Shan et Sheh) Pimenov (Apiaceae), an endemic species from China

Junmei Niu; Xinyue Wang; Jiarui Yue; Shilin Zhou; Zhenwen Liu; Jing Zhou

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2191750

The complete chloroplast genome of Ligusticopsis acaulis (Shan et Sheh) Pimenov (Apiaceae), an endemic species from China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Mar 28;8(3):451-456. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2191750. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Junmei Niu¹, Xinyue Wang¹, Jiarui Yue¹, Shilin Zhou¹, Zhenwen Liu², Jing Zhou¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Pharmaceutical Science and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
² Yunnan Academy of Forestry and Grassland, Kunming, China.

Abstract

Ligusticopsis acaulis, belonging to the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), is endemic to China. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of L. acaulis was assembled and annotated for the first time in this study. The results showed that the plastome was 148,509 bp in length and consisted of a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs: 19,468 bp), a large single-copy region (LSC: 91,902 bp), and a small single-copy region (SSC: 17,671 bp). A total of 114 unique genes were annotated, including 80 protein-coding, 30 tRNA, and four rRNA genes. According to the phylogenetic analysis, L. acaulis belongs to the tribe Selineae, with a close relationship to Ligusticum hispidum (Franch.) Wolff.

Keywords: Ligusticopsis acaulis; complete chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analyses.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. [31960048], the Hundred-Talent Program of Kunming Medical University under Grant No. [60118260127], and the Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province under Grant No. [202201AT070118].