Young-Kee Kim, Sangjin Jo, Se-Hwan Cheon, Min-Jung Joo, Ja-Ram Hong, Myounghai Kwak, Ki-Joong Kim
In order to understand the evolution of the orchid plastome, we annotated and compared 124 complete plastomes of Orchidaceae representing all the major lineages in their structures, gene contents, gene rearrangements, and IR contractions/expansions. Forty-two of these plastomes were generated from the corresponding author's laboratory, and 24 plastomes-including nine genera ( Amitostigma , Bulbophyllum , Dactylorhiza , Dipodium, Galearis , Gymnadenia , Hetaeria , Oreorchis , and Sedirea )-are new in this study...
2020: Frontiers in Plant Science