Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of a purple passion flower variety ‘Pingtang No.1’ (Passiflora edulia Sims) in China and phylogenetic relationships

Abstract

Passion flower (Passiflora edulia Sims) is an important fruit that is of great economic importance. In this study, we presented the chloroplast genome of a purple passion flower variety ‘Pingtang No.1’ in China using BGISEQ-500 sequencing. Its chloroplast genome is 152,621 bp in size. It contains a pair of inverted repeat regions of 25,989 bp, each separating a small single copy region of 13,352 bp and a large single copy region of 85,141 bp. Totally, 111 unique genes, including 77 protein coding genes, 30 tRNAs, and 4 rRNAs, were identified and annotated in the chloroplast genome. Phylogenetic maximum likelihood analysis based on chloroplast genomes of 35 plant species, mainly from the genus Passiflora indicated that ‘Pingtang No.1’ and yellow passion flower ‘IAPAR-123’ (Passiflora edulis) cluster together. The chloroplast genome can be used for a better understanding of the evolutionary relationships of plant species of the family Passifloraceae, especially the genus Passiflora.

Keywords

• passiflora edulia sims
• chloroplast genome
• passilfora
• phylogenetic relationship analysis