Comparative study on chloroplast genomes of three Hansenia forbesii varieties (Apiaceae)

To find the gene hypervariable regions of three varieties of Hansenia forbesii H. Boissieu and determine their phylogenetic relationship, the chloroplast (cp) genome of these three varieties were firstly sequencing by the Illumina hiseq platform. In this study, we assembled the complete cp genome sequences of Hansenia forbesii LQ (156,954 bp), H. forbesii QX (157,181 bp), H. forbesii WQ (156,975 bp). They all contained 84 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNAs, and 8 rRNAs. The hypervariable regions between three cp genomes were atpF-atpH, petD, and rps15-ycf1. Phylogenetic analysis showed that H. forbesii LQ and H. forbesii WQ were closely related, followed by H. forbesii QX. This study showed that the three varieties of H. forbesii could be identified by the complete cp genome and specific DNA barcode (trnC-GCA-petN) and provided a new idea for germplasm identification of similar cultivated varieties.