The complete chloroplast genome of Protea kilimandscharica Engl. (Proteaceae)

John M Nzei; Josphat K Saina; Virginia M Mwanzia; Sheila Avoga; Cheng Pan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1710603

The complete chloroplast genome of Protea kilimandscharica Engl. (Proteaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 14;5(1):603-604. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1710603.

Authors

John M Nzei^{1

2

3}, Josphat K Saina^{1

2

3}, Virginia M Mwanzia^{1

2

3}, Sheila Avoga^{1

2

3}, Cheng Pan^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
⁴ Center of Economic Botany, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.

Abstract

Protea kilimandscharica is endemic to the heath zone of Mt Kenya, restricted to the rocky slopes of the mountain. The complete chloroplast genome of P. kilimandscharica was determined by next-generation sequencing technology, with a total length of 158,657 bp. The cp genome encodes 115 unique genes, with four rRNA genes, 81 protein-coding genes (PCGs), and 30 tRNA genes. A 3.1 kb inversion was noted in the LSC. Phylogenetic analysis, based on 75 common protein-coding genes revealed P. kilimandscharica as sister to Macadamia integrifolia and Macadamia ternifolia.

Keywords: Protea kilimandscharica; Proteaceae; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic.