The complete chloroplast genome of Keteleeria evelyniana Mast var. pendula Hsüeh (Pinaceae), a species with extremely small populations in China

Guan-Song Yang; Yu Qiu; Zheng-An Yang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2024.2345780

The complete chloroplast genome of Keteleeria evelyniana Mast var. pendula Hsüeh (Pinaceae), a species with extremely small populations in China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2024 Apr 26;9(4):557-562. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2345780. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Guan-Song Yang¹, Yu Qiu¹, Zheng-An Yang¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Horticulture and Landscape, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China.

Abstract

Keteleeria evelyniana Mast var. pendula Hsüeh, a typical plant species of extremely small population, is faced to be endangered. The complete chloroplast (cp) genome of K. evelyniana var. pendula has been assembled and annotated for the first time in this study. The complete genome in length was found to be 117,139 bp. The genome annotation revealed a total of 118 genes, including 34 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 4 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and 80 protein-coding genes. The maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree supported that K. evelyniana var. pendula, K. fortune, K. evelyniana, and K. davidiana are clustered in one branch. This complete chloroplast genome helped us to understand the evolution of K. evelyniana var. pendula. These results laid the foundation for future studies on the conservation of this species.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Keteleeria evelyniana var. pendula; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Doc. of Yunnan Agricultural University Starts Fund [Grant No. A2002488], the Scientific Research of Yunnan Education Department Fund [Grant No. 2022J0282], and the Yunnan Agricultural Joint Special Project Fund [Grant No. 202301BD070001-038].