The complete chloroplast genome of the threatened Napa False Indigo Amorpha californica var. napensis Jeps. 1925 (Fabaceae) from Northern California, USA.
null nullIvan D AgudeloGriselda AldacoAngel Brito-PizanoKimberly G ChavezKarina G CortinaJorge FloresAlejandro FuentesAdam N GarciaAlejandro GarciaDaniel Gonzalez-MartinezJennifer Hernandez RamosJeffery R HugheyFernando R KatadaFelix A LeonMaleny P LopezSandra Z LopezAileen G MendozaMaritta MolinaAsmahan MuhrramDaisy Ortiz-MatiasTonantzin E OrtizAlicia PachecoNandini PatelPaz M RamirezJennifer L ScaramuzzinoAlexandria SotoRichard A StablerJessica M VidauriJose VillicanaJames A YhipPublished in: Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources (2022)
Amorpha californica var. napensis Jeps. 1925, the Napa false indigo, is a threatened shrub endemic to northern California. Here the complete chloroplast genome of topotype material of var. napensis was assembled and characterized to contribute to the bioinformatics, systematics, and conservation of this variety. The chloroplast genome (GenBank accession OK274088) is 158,294 base pairs (bp) in length, encodes 130 genes including 85 protein-coding, 37 tRNA, 8 rRNA, and shows a high-level of gene synteny to other Papilionoideae. Phylogenetic analysis fully resolved var. napensis in a clade with A. fruticosa L. and A. roemeriana Scheele, sister to the Dalbergieae. The newly sequenced chloroplast genome shows that the genetic differences between var. napensis and Amorpha californica Nutt. var. californica are greater than the variation observed between var. napensis and many other Amorpha spp. sequences deposited in GenBank. These data suggest that var. napensis should be elevated to full species rank.