The Complete Chloroplast Genome of a Variety of <i>Lagenaria siceraria var. microcarpa</i> (Naud.) Hara

Small gourd ( Lagenaria siceraria &nbsp;var .&nbsp; microcarpa &nbsp;(Naud.) Hara), a cultivar of&nbsp; &nbsp;family, is an important medicinal and ornamental plants. However, there are few studies on its chloroplast (cp) genome. In this study, we characterized complete genome with high throughput sequencing. The circular cp determined to be 157, 121 bp in length, long sing-copy small separated by pair of inverted repeat regions. A total 132 genes were annotated, including 86 protein-coding genes,&nbsp;37 tRNA genes, 8 rRNA 1 pseudo gene. overall GC content was 37.09%. maximum likelihood tree suggested that&nbsp;small&nbsp;gourd&nbsp;was closely related to&nbsp; siceraria. &nbsp;These results provided understanding might useful for future genetic studies.