The first complete chloroplast genome sequence for Narcissus is assembled and annotated in this study. The total length of the N. poeticus chloroplast genome is 160,099 bp and comprises the large single copy (LSC) spanning 86,445 bp, the small single copy (SSC) spanning 16,434 bp, and two inverted repeat regions each of 28,610 bp length. The truncated copy of ycf1 before the junction between IR B and SSC was 1277–2428 bp longer than in other included Asparagales samples. A potential pseudogene, cemA , was also identified. This is the first reported plastome for Amaryllidaceae subfamily Amaryllidoideae.

Amaryllidaceae is a widespread and distinctive plant family contributing both food and ornamental plants. Here we present an initial survey of plastomes across the family and report on both structural rearrangements and gene losses. Most plastomes in the family are of similar gene arrangement and content however some taxa have shown gains in plastome length while in several taxa there is evidence of gene loss. Strumaria truncata shows a substantial loss of ndh family genes while three other taxa show loss of cemA, which has been reported only rarely. Our sparse sampling of the family has detected sufficient variation to suggest further sampling across the family could be a rich source of new information on plastome variation and evolution.

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The whole plastome sequence of Hyacinthoides non-scripta, was assembled and annotated in this study. This is the first complete plastid genome for the genus Hyacinthoides. The plastome is 155,035 bp long and consists of a large single-copy (LSC) region spanning 83,947 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region spanning 18,496 bp, and two inverted repeat (IR) regions, each of which is 26,296 bp in length. There are 132 genes annotated in the plastome, of which the protein-coding gene infA has pseudogenized.

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