Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Tamarix taklamakanensis (Tamaricaceae)

Xin-An Pang; Pei-Pei Jiao; Tian-Ge Yang; Hong Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1990807

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Tamarix taklamakanensis (Tamaricaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Oct 27;6(11):3295-3296. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1990807. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Xin-An Pang^{1

2}, Pei-Pei Jiao^{1

2

3}, Tian-Ge Yang⁴, Hong Liu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Tarim University, Alar, China.
² College of Life Science, Tarim University, Alar, China.
³ College of Life Science and Technology of Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
⁴ Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Protection and Application of Special Plant Germplasm in Wuling Area of China, College of Life Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China.

Abstract

Tamarix taklamakanensis M. T. Liu, belonging to the genus Tamarix (family Tamaricaceae), is an endangered shrub endemic to arid basins in northwestern China. Most of species in this genus have high medicinal value. The complete chloroplast genome was reported in this study. The chloroplast genome with a total size of 156,177 bp consists of two inverted repeats (IR, 26,571 bp) separated by a large single-copy region (LSC, 84,778 bp) and a small single-copy region (SSC, 18,257 bp). Further annotation revealed the chloroplast genome contains 106 genes, including 73 protein coding genes, 29 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. A total of 64 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were identified in the chloroplast genome. This information will be useful for study on the evolution and genetic diversity of T. taklamakanensis in the future.

Keywords: Tamarix taklamakanensis; chloroplast genome; evolution.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Construction Plan of Hubei Province Science and Technology basic conditions platform (No.2021DFE021) and the Major projects of Technological Innovation in Hubei Province, China (No.2019ABA101).