The complete chloroplast genome of Pericallis hybrida (Asteridae)

Pericallis hybrida is a very prevalent decorative plant worldwide. Here, we report the assembly of the complete nucleotide sequence of the P. hybrida chloroplast genome using the program MITObim v1.7 after whole genome shotgun sequencing. The complete chloroplast genome of P. hybrida (GenBank accession number: KT285537) consists of 151,267 bp and includes a pair of inverted repeats (IR) of 23,595 bp separated by one small and one large single copy region (SSC and LSC) of 18,330 bp and 85,747 bp, respectively. The genome has a 37.3% GC content and contains 132 genes coding for 87 proteins. Phylogenetic analyses using complete chloroplast genome revealed that P. hybrida belongs to the Senecioneae of Asteraceae family, which is conformed to the traditional classification.