The complete chloroplast genome of Axonopus compressus (Sw.) Beauv. and its phylogenetic position

Axonopus compressus (Sw.) Beauv. is one of the most important warm-season turgrass, widely distributed in tropical regions of South China. In this study, we sequenced the complete chloroplast genome of A. compressus on the Illumina HiSeq Platform. The chloroplast genome is 139,227 bp in length, with a typical quadripartite structure and consisting of a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (22,753 bp) separated by a large single copy (LSC) region (81,111 bp) and a small single copy (SSC) region (12,610 bp). The overall GC content was 38.63%. A total of 138 genes were annotated, including 89 protein-coding genes, 41 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis suggested Axonopus compressus (Sw.) Beauv. is sister to Axonopus ramosus plus Axonopus fissifolius.