Abstract
Epimedium L. is a medicinally important herbaceous genus in the family Berberidaceae. Epimedium fargesii Franch. is only narrowly inhabited in the Daba Mountains in China. Here, we sequenced and assembled the first complete chloroplast genome of Epimedium fargesii Franch. The chloroplast genome of E. fargesii was 157,208 bp in length, with a total GC content of 38.77%. A total of 112 unique genes were identified, including 78 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that E. fargesii formed a sister relationship with E. wushanense T. S. Ying. Our results provided fundamental data for further taxonomic and phylogenetic research of the genus Epimedium.
Highlights
Epimedium L. is a medicinally important herbaceous genus in the family Berberidaceae
There is a long history of controversies over the infrageneric classification of Epimedium genus since Linnaeus first identified the Epimedium species, E. alpinum, in 1753 (Linnaeus 1753)
The genus was divided into two subgenera, four sections based on the C-banding of chromosomes, flower and leaf morphology, and geographical distribution in the updated classification system proposed by Stearn (2002)
Summary
Epimedium L. is a medicinally important herbaceous genus in the family Berberidaceae. KEYWORDS Chloroplast genome; Epimedium fargesii; infrageneric classification; phylogenetic analysis; Berberidaceae Epimedium L. is the largest herbaceous genus of family Berberidaceae, with more than 60 plant species distributed unevenly from North Africa (Algeria) to East Asia (Stearn 2002; Ying 2002).
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