The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Helixanthera parasitica (Loranthaceae)

Abstract The complete chloroplast genome of Helixanthera parasitica from China was analyzed using next-generation sequencing. The plastome of H. parasitica is a typical quadripartite structure with a length of 125,021？bp, which contained inverted repeats (IR) of 22,752？bp separated by a large single-copy (LSC) and a small single copy (SSC) of 73,151？bp and 6,366？bp, respectively. The cpDNA contains 105 genes, comprising 67 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The overall GC content of the plastome is 36.5%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that H. parasitica was closely related to the Tolypanthus maclurei