Characterization of the complete plastome of Aster pekinensis (Asteraceae), a perennial herb.

Aster pekinensis is a perennial herb that distributes widely in China, Korea, and Eeastern Russia. The complete plastome of A. pekinensis is reported here. It is a circular molecular of 152,815 bp in length and consists of a large single-copy region (LSC: 84,530 bp), a small single-copy region (SSC: 18,219 bp), and two inverted repeats (IR: 25,033 bp) regions. GC content is 37.3%. This plastome encodes 113 unique genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNAs, and 4 rRNAs. Phylogenomic analysis of 17 plastomes within Aster and closely related genera revealed that A. pekinensis was sister to the clade comprising A. flaccidus and A. altaicus.