The complete chloroplast genome of the invasive alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae). Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Duan, Ren-Yan; Xiang, Guo-Hong; Luo, Yu-Cai
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 4:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 1345
• Page End: 1346
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Alternanthera philoxeroides -- chloroplast genome -- invasive plant -- phylogenetic analysis; Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1597656
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-2359

Abstract

Abstract: Alternanthera philoxeroides is an invasive amphibious herbaceous clonal plant. The chloroplast (cp) genome of A. philoxeroides is 151, 972 bp long. It encodes a set of 111 unique genes (including 78 protein coding, 29 tRNA, and four rRNA g enes). Besides, 11 genes ( atpF, ndhA, ndhB, rpoC1, rps12, rps16, trnA-TGC, trnI-GAT, trnK-TTT, trnL-TAA, and trnV-TAC ) possess a single intron, and another two genes ( clpP and ycf3 ) have double introns. A neighbour-joining (NJ) phylogenetic analysis revealed that the cp genome of A. philoxeroides is closely related to that of Amaranthus tricolor, Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus caudatus, and Amaranthus hypochondriacus.