De novo assembling a complete mitochondrial genome of Pedicularis rex (Orobanchaceae) using GetOrganelle toolkit

Abstract

We reported the first mitogenome of Pedicularis from P. rex (Orobanchaceae), which is endemic to SW China. The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome or chondriome) was a single circular chromosome that was 219,859 bp in length. It contains 56 genes, including 34 protein-coding (cox2 and atp9 with two copies), 19 transfer RNA (tRNA), and three ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Pedicularis rex was closely related to Castilleja paramensis.

Keywords

• hemiparasitic plant
• mitogenome
• pedicularis
• whole genome sequencing data