The Complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Nymphaea lotus L. (Nymphaeaceae)

Abstract

Nymphaea lotus L. (Nymphaeaceae) is a type species of subgenus Lotos, which has been frequently cultivated in ornamental garden pools. Here, we presented complete chloroplast genome of N. lotus which is 159,311 bp long and has four subregions: 89,610 bp of large single copy (LSC) and 19,333 bp of small single copy (SSC) regions are separated by 25,184 bp of inverted repeat (IR) regions including 130 genes (85 coding genes, eight rRNAs, and 37 tRNAs). The overall GC contents of the chloroplast genome were 39.1% and in the LSC, SSC, and IR regions were 37.7%, 34.2%, and 43.4%, respectively. Phylogenetic tree constructed with whole chloroplast genomes present phylogenetic position of subgenus Lotos.

Keywords

• nymphaea lotus
• chloroplast genome
• nymphaeaceae
• lotos
• nymphaea