The complete chloroplast genome of Ixora chinensis and phylogenetic relationships

Ana Bian; Luanmei Lu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1989336

The complete chloroplast genome of Ixora chinensis and phylogenetic relationships

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Oct 15;6(11):3217-3221. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1989336. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Ana Bian¹, Luanmei Lu¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Landscape Plants with Fujian and Taiwan Characteristics of Fujian Colleges and Universities, Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.

Abstract

In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of Ixora chinensis was sequenced by next-generation sequencing for the first time. The complete cp genome is 154,787 in length and contained 131 genes, consisting of 86 protein-coding genes, eight ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. The phylogenetic position based on chloroplast genomes suggests that I. chinensis was closely related to I. chinensis (MN850660.1) within the Ixora clade, which may provide useful information for further understanding the evolution of I. chinensis.

Keywords: Ixora chinensis; Rubiaceae; chloroplast genome; include these here if the journal requires them; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [No. cxtd2013]; Science and Technology Major Project of Fujian [No. 2017N01010156]; Major Special Projects of Zhangzhou in 2019 [No. 2019N04190002].