Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Lagerstroemia guilinensis (Lythraceae, Myrtales), a Species Endemic to the Guilin Limestone Area in Guangxi Province, China

Cuihua Gu; Luke R Tembrock; Zhiqiang Wu

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00341-16

Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Lagerstroemia guilinensis (Lythraceae, Myrtales), a Species Endemic to the Guilin Limestone Area in Guangxi Province, China

Genome Announc. 2016 May 19;4(3):e00341-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00341-16.

Authors

Cuihua Gu¹, Luke R Tembrock², Zhiqiang Wu³

Affiliations

¹ School of Landscape and Architecture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
³ Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA wu.zhiqiang.1020@gmail.com.

Abstract

We announce here the first complete chloroplast genome sequence of Lagerstroemia guilinensis (Lythraceae, Myrtales), a species endemic to the Guilin limestone area, along with its genome structure and functional gene annotations. The plant was collected from Guilin, Guangxi, China, and deposited as a germplasm accession of the Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University Collection (ZAFU 1507144). This genome will provide valuable information for future research of the Lagerstroemia genus and its relatives.