The plastid genome and phylogenetic status of <i>Sinosenecio eriopodus</i> C. Jeffrey &amp; Y. L. Chen 1984 (Asteraceae)

The genus <i>Sinosenecio</i> B. Nordenstam (1978) is a challenging taxonomic group with complex infrageneric relationships. Here, we newly report the plastid genome of S. <i>eriopodus</i> (Cumm.) C. Jeffrey & Y. L. Chen (1984). Whole genome exhibited a typical quadratic structure with a total size of 151,212 bp and 132 genes. We revealed for the first time that the matK and rpoA were positively selected genes within <i>Sinosenecio</i>. Phylogenetic reconstruction based on whole plastid genome sequences indicated that <i>S. eriopodus</i> was not clustered into a monophyletic clade with members belonging to the S. <i>oldhamianus</i> group of <i>Sinosenecio</i> but rather was closely related to some genera in the subtribe Tussilaginae s.s. of Asteraceae.