The complete mitochondrial genome of .

Based on PacBio assembly, we report the first complete mitochondrial genome of (460,333 bp) containing nine large chloroplast-derived sequences (1.9-17.3 kb) across the mitogenome.

Chloroplast genome data of and and their phylogenetic relationships.

and are domesticated plants in the family Cucurbitaceae. They are mainly cultivated in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia. The chloroplast genomes of many Cucurbitaceae species were sequenced to examine gene content and evolution.

De novo assemblies of Luffa acutangula and Luffa cylindrica genomes reveal an expansion associated with substantial accumulation of transposable elements.

Luffa spp. (sponge gourd or ridge gourd) is an economically important vegetable crop widely cultivated in China, India and Southeast Asia. Here, we employed PacBio long-read single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing to perform de novo genome assemblies of two commonly cultivated Luffa species, L.