Chloroplast Genome Analysis of Two Medicinal spp. (Orchidaceae) Shed Light on the Genetic Information, Comparative Genomics, and Species Identification.

Although the medicinal properties of spp. have been previously studied, there is little genomic information providing a valuable tool for the plant taxonomy, conservation, and utilization of this genus. This study used the next-generation MiSeq sequencing platform to characterize the chloroplast (cp) genomes of and .

Chloroplast genome structure and phylogenetic position of (Thou.) Lindl. (Orchidaceae).

plays an important role in horticulture and is undergoing the pressure of population decline. In this study, its complete chloroplast genome sequence was successfully obtained by the technology of Illumina sequencing. The whole chloroplast genome length was 158,828 bp with a typical quadripartite structure: one large single copy (LSC) region (87,277 bp), one small single copy (SSC) region (18,535 bp) and a pair of inverted repeats (IR) regions (26,508 bp).