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The Dioryctria yiai belongs to Pyralidae in Lepidoptera. The complete mitogenome of D. yiai was described in this study, which is typical circular duplex molecules and 15,430 bp in length, containing the standard metazoan set of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and an A + T-rich region. The gene order is same with other lepidopterans. Except for cox1 started with CGA, all other PCGs started with the standard ATN codons. Most of the PCGs terminated with the stop codon TAA, whereas cox2 has the incomplete stop codon T. The phylogenetic tree showed that D. yiai and other six species belong to Phycitinae, are clustered into a clade.Aquilegia barnebyi, belonging to the genus Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae), is a member of basal eudicot species. In this study, we obtained the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of A. barnebyi. The genome size is 161,954 bp with a GC content of 38.98%. A total of 113 unique genes including 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, four rRNA genes were annotated. The large single-copy region and small single-copy region contains 91,250 bp and 17,359 bp, respectively. The inverted repeat regions are 26,671 bp in length. The phyologenetic analysis indicated that A. barnebyi had a close relationship with A. coerulea. And four species in genus Aquilegia formed a monophyletic group with high support value. The availability of A. barnebyi cp genomic resources will greatly helpful for taxonomy, phylogeny and conservation genetic studies of basal eudicot specie.The complete mitogenome of the Sclreractinia, Montipora efflorescens Bernard, 1897 was sequenced for the first time. It had 17,887 bp, with 13 protein-coding genes, and two rRNA and two tRNA genes. Composition of M. efflorescens mitogenome was identical to that of typical Scleractinians. In conclusion, the complete mitogenome may provide detailed information on coral phylogeny.We reported the first mitogenome of Pedicularis from P. rex (Orobanchaceae), which is endemic to SW China. The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome or chondriome) was a single circular chromosome that was 219,859 bp in length. It contains 56 genes, including 34 protein-coding (cox2 and atp9 with two copies), 19 transfer RNA (tRNA), and three ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Pedicularis rex was closely related to Castilleja paramensis.The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Salix maizhokunggarensis, a native shrub willow species in the south of China, has been characterized using Illumina pair-end sequencing. The plastome is 155,093 bp in length, with one large single copy region of 83,956 bp, one small single copy region of 16,221 bp, and two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 27,458 bp. It contains 116 genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA, and 36 transfer RNA. Phylogenetic tree shows that this species is a sister species to S. suchowensis. The plastome of Salix can provide significant insight for elucidating the phylogenetic relationship of taxa within Salicaceae.We sequenced the third complete mitochondrial genome of Nemoura meniscataby using the high-throughput sequencing method. The mitochondrial genome harbored 37 typical code genes and a control region with 15,895 bp in length was a double-stranded and circular genome. The nucleotide composition is partial to A and T. Seventy-eight nucleotides were dispersed in 10 intergenic spacers and gene overlaps were also found at 13 gene junctions with 48 nucleotides. In phylogenetic trees, the 13 Nemouridae species form a clade diverged from the outgroup clade. The genus Nemoura and Amphinemura were sister groups which is consistent with the previous study.The first complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of Altingia yunnanensis was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data in this study. The cpDNA is 160,860 bp in length, contains a large single-copy region (LSC) of 89,162 bp and a small single-copy region (SSC) of 19,008 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 26,325 bp each. The genome contains 130 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. Further, the phylogenomic analysis showed that A. yunnanensis and Altingia excelsa clustered in a clade in Saxifragales order.In this study, we determined and analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater fairy shrimp Branchinella kugenumaensis Ishikawa 1894 (Crustacea Anostraca Thamnocephalidae). The mitogenome is 15,127 bp in length, consisted of 37 genes that participate in protein production and energy metabolism of mitochondria. The gene order of the B. kugenumaensis mtDNA exhibits major rearrangements compared with the pancrustacean ancestral pattern or other known anostracan mitogenomes, representing a novel mitochondrial genomic organization within the Crustacea. NHWD-870 A maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis based on concatenated nucleotide sequences of protein-coding genes places B. kugenumaensis next to Streptocephalus sirindhornae, inside the Anostraca clade. Our study will provide new evidence to the less sampled anostracan evolution and take a further step to the completion of the Branchiopoda tree of life.Chlorophytum comosum is a perennial ornamental plant in the family Liliaceae, it is also a valuable medicinal plant. To enrich the genetic resources of C. comosum, its chloroplast genome was determined by Illumina sequencing data. The chloroplast genome is a typical quadripartite structure with a size of 153,983 bp, of which the LSC region is 83,471 bp, the SSC region is 18,010 bp, and the pair of IR regions is 26,251 bp. The overall GC content is 37%. It contains 131 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analyses showed that C. comosum is closely related to Chlorophytum rhizopendulum. However, it can be distinguished from other plants. This study enriches the sequence resources of C. comosum and provides important data for the development of molecular identification markers.The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Coronocyclus labratus was sequenced in the present study. It was determined to be 13,856 bp in length, containing 12 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 2 non-coding regions. The nucleotide sequence data of 12 protein-coding genes of C. labratus and other 16 Strongylidae species were used for phylogenetic analyses. Coronocyclu labratus formed a monophyletic cluster with the remaining Strongylidae species. Coronocyclus genus was present in the same clade with high statistical support. The mitogenome sequences will facilitate taxonomy as well as systematic studies of Cyathostominae nematodes.Amomum villosum Lour. (Zingiberaceae) is an important edible and medicinal crop. The complete chloroplast (cp) genome of A. villosum was determined using Illumina sequencing platform. The size of whole cp genome was 164,069 bp, containing a small single copy (SSC) region of 15,353 bp and a large single copy (LSC) region of 88,798 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeat (IRs) regions (29,959 bp). The A. villosum cp genome contained 133 genes, including eight ribosomal RNA genes (4 rRNA species), 38 transfer RNA genes (30 tRNA species) and 87 protein-coding genes (79 PCG species). The overall GC content of A. villosum cp genome is 36.05%. To investigate the evolution status of A. villosum, as well as Zingiberales, a phylogenetic tree with A. villosum and other 21 species was constructed based on their complete chloroplast genomes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that A. villosum was closely related to Amomum krervanh.The first complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of Taiwania flousiana was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data in this study. The cpDNA is 132,565 bp in length, contains a large single copy region (LSC) of 72,930 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 59,477 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IR) regions of 79 bp. The genome contains 121 genes, including 83 protein-coding genes, 4 ribosomal RNA genes, and 34 transfer RNA genes. Further phylogenomic analysis showed that T. flousiana and Taiwania cryptomerioides clustered in a clade in Cupressaceae family.The first complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of Michelia wilsonii was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data in this study. The cpDNA is 160,100 bp in length, contains a large single-copy region (LSC) of 88,162 bp and a small single-copy region (SSC) of 18,786 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IR) regions of 26,576 bp. The genome contains 132 genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. Further phylogenomic analysis showed that M. wilsonii closed to Michelia odora and Michelia yunnanensis in Michelieae tribe of the Magnoliaceae family.Epimedium xichangense, a critically endangered herb with limited population, mainly distributes in Sichuan province, China. In our study, we obtained the complete chloroplast genome of E. xichangense with a length of 158,955 bp, including a large single copy region of 86,478 bp, small single copy region of 17,027 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat regions of 27,725 bp. The GC content in the whole chloroplast genome of E. xichangense is 38.81%. Among the 112 unique genes in the circular genome, 30 tRNA, four rRNA and 78 protein-coding genes were successfully annotated. We constructed the Maximum likelihood (ML) tree with 26 species, and came to the conclusion that E. xichangense was phylogenetically closely related to E. acuminatum and E. chlorandrum.The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of golden pheasant Chrysolophus pictus from North China was sequenced by the shotgun genome skimming methods. The mitogenome of C. pictus was 16,678 bp in length, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes and one non-coding control region (D-loop). Its overall base composition was 30.4% A, 24.8% T, 31.2% C and 13.6% G. All protein-coding genes had a typical ATG initiation codon except COX1 with GTG and terminated with a TAN codon, whereas COX1 terminated with a codon of AGG, COX3, ND2 and ND4 terminated with a single T. The ML phylogenetic tree constructed using 13 protein-coding genes showed that Chrysolophus species formed a monophyletic group, which was sister to the clade clustered by the two genera Crossoptilon and Lophura.The object of this work was to measure the complete chloroplast genome of Styrax duclouxii Perkins for the sake of offering valuable genomic information to promote its conservation. The circular genome of S. duclouxii was measured as 157,913 bp in size and contained two inverted repeat (IRa and IRb) regions of 26,040 bp, which were separated by a large single-copy (LSC) region of 87,604 bp and a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,229 bp. A total of 134 genes are encoded, including 89 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The overall GC content of Schizosaccharomyces japonicus genome is 36.97%. A phylogenetic tree reconstructed using 36 chloroplast genomes reveals that S. duclouxii is most closely related with Styrax zhejiangensis and Styrax faberi.