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Chloroplast genome assembly and phylogenetic analysis of Melodinus fusiformis Champ. ex Benth. (Apocynaceae)
Wenfeng Dong1, Xianglan Liang2, Tingting Xu3
1College of Biology and Food Engineering, Guangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Laibin, PR China.
Abstract:
Melodinus fusiformis (Apocynaceae) is a medicinally important species with limited genomic data. Here, we report the first complete chloroplast genome of M. fusiformis, which is 154,913 bp in length with a GC content of 38.05% and encodes 130 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNAs, and eight rRNAs. Phylogenetic analysis shows that M. fusiformis and M. tenuicaudatus are sister species forming a monophyletic clade with Periploca, Mandevilla, and Pentalinon species. This study provides essential genomic resources for molecular identification, phylogenetic research, and the development of M. fusiformis medicinal resources.
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