ABSTRACT: The genus Pennisetum (Poaceae) is both a forage crop and staple food crop in the tropics. In this study, we obtained chloroplast genome sequences of four species of Pennisetum (P. alopecuroides, P. clandestinum, P. glaucum, and P. polystachion) using Illumina sequencing. These chloroplast genomes have circular structures of 136,346-138,119 bp, including a large single-copy region (LSC, 79,380-81,186 bp), a small single-copy region (SSC, 12,212-12,409 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs, 22,284-22,372 bp). The overall GC content of these chloroplast genomes was 38.6-38.7%. The complete chloroplast genomes contained 110 different genes, including 76 protein-coding genes, 30 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and four ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. C
