The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Rubus leucanthus Hance (Rosaceae)

Rubus is one large and diverse genus in the rose family, Rosaceae, comprising of about 750 species distributed across the world. Hybridization, polyploidization, and agamospermy complicate the taxonomy within the genus, and further challenge the utilization and improvement of these plants as crops. Herein, we report the complete chloroplast genome of R. leucanthus, assembled from genome resequencing data using Illumina paired-end reads. The assembled chloroplast genome was 156,068 bp in length, consisting of a large single-copy (LSC) region of 85,749 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,763 bp, separated by two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 25,778 bp each. A total of 131 genes were predicted, with an overall GC content of 37.03%. Phylogenetic analysis placed R. leucanthus in the tribe Rubeae, well separated from other tribes in the Rosaceae family.