Data from: Analysis of chloroplast genomes of ten Central Asian Fritillaria species and their phylogenetic relationships

Fritillaria is a taxonomically complex genus of Liliaceae that contains
many important ornamental and medicinal species. In this study, we
sequenced the chloroplast genomes of ten Fritillaria species distributed
in Central Asia and compared them to previously sequenced Fritillaria cp
genomes. Comparison of 36 Fritillaria species’ cp genomes identified as
useful potential molecular markers due to their high level of divergence
three coding regions and 11 intergenic spacers. Effective single sequence
repeats (SSRs) for population genetic studies of Fritillaria were also
identified. Phylogenetic analysis showed that two recently described
species, F. baisunensis and F. rugillosa belong to subg. Rhinopetalum, and
that the membership of F. ussuriensis and F. meleagroides in subg.
Fritillaria should be revised. These two species and F. camschatsencese
currently assigned to subg. Liliorhiza, should be members of the same
taxonomic unit. Subg. Liliorhiza, although a small group, is more
complicated that it was previously thought, and apparently comprises
species too distant to be in one subgenus. F. maximowischii, currently
assigned to subg. Liliorhiza should be treated as a new subgenus.