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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Trapa kozhevnikoviorum Pshenn. (Lythraceae)
Godfrey Kinyori Wagutu1,2,3, Xiangrong Fan1,4,5, Wuchao Wang1,2
1Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Abstract:
Trapa (Lythraceae) is an economically important aquatic genus used for food and medicine, with wide distribution in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Identification of species, genetic studies and utilization of Trapa are limited by lack of molecular data. Herein, we report the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of a wild species, Trapa kozhevnikoviorum Pshenn. The cp genome size of T. kozhevnikoviorum is 155,545 bp, consisting of a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRa/IRb) of length 24,388 bp, separated by the small single copy (SSC) region of 18,275 bp and a large single copy (LSC) region of 88,494 bp. A total of 113 unique genes, including 79 protein-coding, 30 tRNA, and four rRNA were annotated. Phylogenetic analysis based on 15 whole cp genomes of Lythraceae species supported the monophyletic clustering of Trapa. A cladal relationship among T. kozhevnikoviorum, T. bicornis, and T. natans was revealed.
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