Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the Tangut monkshood Aconitum tanguticum (Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae)

Qien Li; Xianjia Li; Rangzhong Qieyang; Cairang Nima; Duojie Dongzhi; Duojie; Xiao Guo

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1773338

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the Tangut monkshood Aconitum tanguticum (Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jun 2;5(3):2306-2307. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1773338.

Authors

Qien Li^{1

2}, Xianjia Li^{1

2}, Rangzhong Qieyang^{1

2}, Cairang Nima², Duojie Dongzhi², Duojie², Xiao Guo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Tibetan Medicine Research Center, Tibetan Medical College, Qinghai University, Xining, People's Republic of China.
² State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research and Development, Qinghai University, Xining, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

The Tangut monkshood (Aconitum tanguticum) is a perennial herb with high medicinal values. Here, its chloroplast genome was assembled from Illumina sequencing reads. The circular genome is 157,114 bp long with an A + T-biased nucleotide composition, and comprises a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (26,255 bp), separated by a large single-copy (LSC) region (87,559 bp) and a small single-copy (SSC) region (17,045 bp). It encodes a total of 112 gene species, with 19 of them being completely or partially duplicated and 18 of them harboring one or two introns. Phylogenetic analysis recovered two major clades of the genus Aconitum.

Keywords: Aconitum tanguticum; Iterative mapping; Tangut monkshood; phylogenetic analysis; plastid genome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Major Science and Technology Projects in Qinghai Province[2020-SF-A3-2], the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31860585], the the Major Science and Technology Projects in Xining City [2019-Z-09], and the State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research and Development [2015DQ870717].