The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Monotropa uniflora (Ericaceae)

XueDie Liu; XingYu Liao; DeQiang Chen; Yu Zheng; Xia Yu; XinYu Xu; ZhongJian Liu; SiRen Lan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1806754

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Monotropa uniflora (Ericaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Aug 14;5(3):3168-3169. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1806754.

Authors

XueDie Liu^{1

2}, XingYu Liao^{1

2}, DeQiang Chen^{1

2}, Yu Zheng^{1

2}, Xia Yu², XinYu Xu², ZhongJian Liu^{1

2}, SiRen Lan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
² Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.

Abstract

Monotropa uniflora is one of the representative plants of Ericaceae family, which was famous for entire translucent and 'ghostly' white. Also, unique lifestyle also attracts lots of researchers, which it obtains through fixed carbon from photosynthetic plants via a shared mycorrhizal network. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of M. uniflora was assembled and annotated, its full-length is 26,913 bp. Plastid genome contains 31 genes, 14 protein-coding genes, 14 tRNA genes, and 3 rRNA genes. The phylogenetic analyses based on the complete chloroplast genome sequence provided solid evidence that M. uniflora has a close relationship M. odorata. The chloroplast genome presented here will help for further conservation of M. uniflora and other saprophytes.

Keywords: Ericaceae; Monotropa uniflora; phylogenetic analysis; plastid genome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China [31870199]; the Teamwork Projects Funded by Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, China [2017A030312004]; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization Construction Funds [nos. 115/118990050; 115/KJG18016A].