Abstract
Pseudognaphalium affine (D.Don) Anderb. is an annual herbaceous plant used as a vegetable and traditional medicine. Here, we sequenced and assembled the complete chloroplast genome of P. affine. The plastome is 151,573 bp in size with a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs) of 24,849 bp each, a large single-copy region (LSC) of 83,632 bp, and a small single-copy region (SSC) of 18,243 bp. The overall GC content of the whole plastome is 37.33%, and the IR regions are more GC rich (43.08%) than the LSC (35.30%) and SSC (31.03%) regions. It contains 129 genes, including 83 protein-coding genes, 36 tRNAs, eight rRNAs, and two pseudogenes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that P. affine is most closely related to Leontopodium leiolepis. This genome will provide a useful genetic resource for future conservation, evolution, and phylogeny studies of P. affine and the tribe Inuleae.
Highlights
Pseudognaphalium affine (D.Don) Anderb. is an annual herbaceous plant used as a vegetable and traditional medicine
P. affine, commonly known as Cudweed or Ching Ming vegetable in China, is an annual herbaceous plant that belongs to the tribe Inuleae (Asteraceae)
We reported the first complete chloroplast genome sequence of P. affine
Summary
Pseudognaphalium affine (D.Don) Anderb. is an annual herbaceous plant used as a vegetable and traditional medicine. KEYWORDS Pseudognaphalium affine; chloroplast genome; Asteraceae; phylogenetic analysis P. affine, commonly known as Cudweed or Ching Ming vegetable in China, is an annual herbaceous plant that belongs to the tribe Inuleae (Asteraceae). We reported the first complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of P. affine.
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