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The complete chloroplast genome of Pleione pleionoides (Orchidaceae)
Jin-Liao Chen1,2, Zhong-Wu Dai1,3, Xiao-Yu Dai1,3
1Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
Abstract:
Pleione pleionoides is a vulnerable orchid with significant ornamental values. Here, we report the first complete chloroplast genome of P. pleionoides. The circular genome was 159,468 bp in length and consisted of a pair of inverted repeats (IR 26,651 bp), which were separated by a large single copy region (LSC 87,461 bp) and a small single copy region (SSC 18,705 bp). It contained 115 unique genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNAs, and 8 rRNAs. The maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis indicated that P. pleionoides and P. bulbocodioides cluster together and closely related to P. formosana.
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