The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Dendrocalamus sinicus

Dendrocalamus sinicus is the world’s largest bamboo species. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of D. sinicus was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data. The cpDNA is 139,441 bp in length, contains a large single-copy region (LSC) of 82,777 bp and a small single-copy region (SSC) of 12,803 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 21,296 bp. The genome contains 136 genes, including 89 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 40 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content of the whole genome is 38.9%, and the corresponding values of the LSC, SSC, and IR regions are 37%, 33.2%, and 44.2%, respectively. Further, phylogenomic analysis showed that D. sinicus clustered together with D. latiflorus.