The complete chloroplast genome sequence of herb Nardostachys jatamans (family: Valerianaceae) in China

Jiabin Deng; Heng Liang; Xuqiang Luo; Wei Zhang; Gang Gao; Ruiwu Yang; Khawaja Shafique Ahmad; Guiling Zhang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1861568

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of herb Nardostachys jatamans (family: Valerianaceae) in China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jan 27;6(1):254-256. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1861568.

Authors

Jiabin Deng¹, Heng Liang², Xuqiang Luo¹, Wei Zhang¹, Gang Gao³, Ruiwu Yang², Khawaja Shafique Ahmad⁴, Guiling Zhang⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Geography and Resources, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, China.
² College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, China.
³ College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, China.
⁴ Department of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.
⁵ School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, China.

Abstract

Nardostachys jatamans is an endemic herb in China, distributes mainly in Southeast Gansu, South Qinghai and West Sichuan of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome (a typical quadripartite structure) sequence of N. jatamans was reported. The length of the DNA molecule was 155,268 bp with a large single-copy region (LSC: 87,263 bp), small single-copy region (SSC: 17,327 bp) and inverted repeats (IRa and IRb: 25,339 bp). The overall GC content was 38.56%. It has a total of 129 genes, containing 83 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis has shown that N. jatamans is sister to Valeriana offcinalis. The chloroplast genome provides the basis for development and utilization of N. jatamans in future.

Keywords: Nardostachys jatamans; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province [Qianjiaohejichu [grant number 2017]1138], National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System Sichuan Innovation team [grant number SCCXTD-2020-19], Guizhou Natural Science Foundation [grant number [2017] 5790-04], [grant number 5790-08] and Guizhou Province Science and Tech-nology Top Talent Support Project [grant number KY [2016]084].