The complete chloroplast genome of Notholirion bulbuliferum, lights into phylogenetic and taxonomic analyses

Abstract

Notholirion bulbuliferum a precious endangered species in China, it has a long history of growth and high ornamental and edible value. In this study, we reported a complete chloroplast genome of N. bulbuliferum, in which the whole genome is 153,019 bp in length, and includes one large single copy region of 70,585 bp, one small single copy region of 17,527 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat region of 26,530 bp. It contains 130 genes, comprising 84 protein-coding genes, 36 transfer RNA, and eight rRNA genes. The overall AT content of the chloroplast genome is 62.9%. In the maximum-likelihood and phylogenetic analysis with the reported chloroplast genomes of Notholirion, it showed that N. bulbuliferum and Notholirion macrophyllum get a high support rate (ML (BS) =100%) and become sister groups. It indicates that the study on the complete chloroplast genome of N. bulbuliferum is more closely related to Cardiocrinum than related to Lilium.

Keywords

• notholirion bulbuliferum
• complete chloroplast genome
• next generation sequencing
• phylogenetic analysis