The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Ligularia stenocephala (Maxim.) Matsum. & Koidz. (Asteraceae: Senecioneae)

Abstract

Ligularia stenocephala (Maxim.) Matsum. & Koidz is a widely known edible plant species in Korea. It contains various useful antioxidant compounds and has been developed as a horticultural cultivar blooming showy inflorescence. We report the complete plastid genome (plastome) of Ligularia stenocephala, a collection from Korea. The plastome of L. stenocephala is 151,158 base pairs (bp) long and includes a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (24,830 bp each) that are separated by a large single copy (LSC) region (83,265 bp) and a small single copy (SSC) region (18,233 bp). The phylogenetic tree shows that L. stenocephala is closely related to L. fischeri with strong bootstrap support.

Keywords

• ligularia stenocephala
• complete chloroplast genome
• phylogenetic analysis
• asteraceae