The complete chloroplast genome of sweet tea (Lithocarpus polystachyus)

Yueqiao Li; Wei Guo; Ping He; Longhua Yu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1638841

The complete chloroplast genome of sweet tea (Lithocarpus polystachyus)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 13;4(2):2489-2490. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1638841.

Authors

Yueqiao Li¹, Wei Guo², Ping He¹, Longhua Yu¹

Affiliations

¹ Experimental Center of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Xinyu, P. R. China.
² Taishan Academy of Forestry Sciences, Taian, P. R. China.

Abstract

Lithocarpus polystachyus, also known as the sweet tea, is a plant of the family Fagaceae. It is widely distributed in southern China, India, and Thailand. The chloroplast (cp) genome of L. polystachyus is 161,217 bp in size containing 122 unique genes, including eight rRNA genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 77 protein-coding genes (PCGs). Phylogenetic analysis exhibited that L. polystachyus was most related to L. balansae.

Keywords: Illumina sequencing; Lithocarpus polystachyus; chloroplast genome.