Characterization of the Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Buddleja colvilei and B. sessilifolia: Implications for the Taxonomy of Buddleja L.

ABSTRACT: Buddleja colvilei Hook.f. & Thomson (Scrophulariaceae) is a threatened alpine plant with a distribution throughout the Himalayas, also used as an ornamental plant. The name Buddleja sessilifolia B.S. Sun ex S.Y. Pao was assigned in 1983 to a plant distributed throughout the Gaoligong Mountains, but the name was later placed in synonymy with B. colvilei in the Flora of China. In this study we sequenced the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of two individuals of B. colvilei and three individuals of B. sessilifolia from across the range. Both molecular and morphological analysis support the revision of B. sessilifolia. The phylogenetic analysis constructed with the whole cp genomes, the large single-copy regions (LSC), small single-copy regions (SSC), inverted repeat (IR) and the nuclear gene

SUBMITTER: Ge J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6100213 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature