The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Plagiogyria euphlebia, a fascinating fern with important taxonomic significance

Abstract

It is the first report on the complete chloroplast genome of Plagiogyria euphlebia, a fascinating fern with important taxonomic significance. Its genome size is 161,046 bp with 43.5% GC content, including a large single copy (LSC) region (90,975 bp), a small single copy (SSC) region (21,441 bp), and a pair of inverted repeats (IRa and IRb) regions (24,315 bp). The cp genome has 133 genes involving 89 protein-coding genes, 33 tRNA genes, and three pseudogenes. ML tree reveals that P. euphlebia is sister to Cyatheales, especially closely related to Cibotium barometz.