Comparative analysis of the complete chloroplast genomes of thirteen Bougainvillea cultivars from South China with implications for their genome structures and phylogenetic relationships.

ABSTRACT: Bougainvillea spp., belonging to the Nyctaginaceae family, have high economic and horticultural value in South China. Despite the high similarity in terms of leaf appearance and hybridization among Bougainvillea species, especially Bougainvillea × buttiana, their phylogenetic relationships are very complicated and controversial. In this study, we sequenced, assembled and analyzed thirteen complete chloroplast genomes of Bougainvillea cultivars from South China, including ten B. × buttiana cultivars and three other Bougainvillea cultivars, and identified their phylogenetic relationships within the Bougainvillea genus and other species of the Nyctaginaceae family for the first time. These 13 chloroplast genomes had typical quadripartite structures, comprising a large single-copy (LSC) region

SUBMITTER: Wu XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11389920 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature