Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of a chinese endangered species Cymbidium wenshanense Y. S. Wu et F. Y. Liu

Abstract

Cymbidium wenshanense Y. S. Wu et F. Y. Liu is of significant ornamental and breeding value. In this study, Illumina high-throughput sequencing was used to sequence and analyze the complete chloroplast genome of C. wenshanense, and the phylogenetic relationships between this and other Orchidaceae species were established. The whole chloroplast genome was 156,292 bp in length and contained 84 mRNA genes, 45 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. The phylogenetic tree of 11 Orchidaceae species revealed C. wenshanense to be most closely related to Cymbidium mastersii.

Keywords

• cymbidium wenshanense
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenetic analysis