The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Michelia macclurei (Dandy, 1928) (Magnoliaceae), an important fire-resistant tree species

Shujing Wei; Sisheng Luo; Yingxia Zhong; Yufei Zhou; Zhao Song

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2057251

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Michelia macclurei (Dandy, 1928) (Magnoliaceae), an important fire-resistant tree species

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Nov 11;7(11):1933-1935. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2057251. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Shujing Wei¹, Sisheng Luo¹, Yingxia Zhong¹, Yufei Zhou¹, Zhao Song¹

Affiliation

¹ Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

Michelia macclurei (Dandy, 1928) is an evergreen broad-leaved tree species native to South China. This species has great ecological and economic importance. However, the genomic study of M. macclurei has lagged far behind. Here, we reported the complete chloroplast genome sequence of M. macclurei. The chloroplast genome size of M. macclurei was 160,139 bp, consisting of a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (26,575 bp), which was separated by a large single copy (LSC) region (88,167 bp) and a small single copy (SSC) region (18,822 bp). A total of 113 unique genes were annotated, including 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. The overall GC content was 39.2%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16 whole chloroplast genome sequences of Michelia species suggested that M. macclurei and M. maudiae are sister to each other, and jointly sister to M. chapensis.

Keywords: Magnoliaceae; Michelia macclurei; chloroplast genome; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (2021A1515010946), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31800312), Special Fund for Disaster Prevention and Emergency Management of Guangdong (2020-06), and Guangdong Forestry Science and Technology Innovation Project (2018KJCX003).