Complete Chloroplast Genome Analysis of Two Important Medicinal Alpinia Species: Alpinia galanga and Alpinia kwangsiensis.

ABSTRACT: Most Alpinia species are valued as foods, ornamental plants, or plants with medicinal properties. However, morphological characteristics and commonly used DNA barcode fragments are not sufficient for accurately identifying Alpinia species. Difficulties in species identification have led to confusion in the sale and use of Alpinia for medicinal use. To mine resources and improve the molecular methods for distinguishing among Alpinia species, we report the complete chloroplast (CP) genomes of Alpinia galanga and Alpinia kwangsiensis species, obtained via high-throughput Illumina sequencing. The CP genomes of A. galanga and A. kwangsiensis exhibited a typical circular tetramerous structure, including a large single-copy region (87,565 an

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8714959 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature