The complete chloroplast genome of Cotoneaster schantungensis

Xue-Yun Li; Wei Li; Qing-Hua Liu; Xiao-Man Xie; Yi-Zeng Lu; Cui-Ping Zhang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1681923

The complete chloroplast genome of Cotoneaster schantungensis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Oct 24;4(2):3760-3761. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1681923.

Authors

Xue-Yun Li¹, Wei Li¹, Qing-Hua Liu¹, Xiao-Man Xie², Yi-Zeng Lu², Cui-Ping Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
² Shandong Provincial Center of Forest Tree Germplasm Resources, Jinan, China.

Abstract

Cotoneaster schantungensis is an endangered vulnerable species restricted to Shandong Province. In this study, we report the sequencing of the C. schantungensis chloroplast (cp) genome using the Illumina Novaseq platform for the first time. The complete C. schantungensis cp genome is 159,883 bp in length and contains two inverted repeats (IRs), separated by a large single-copy region (LSC) and a small single-copy region (SSC). A total of 132 unique coding genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 39 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes were identified. The maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis revealed that C. schantungensis is closely related to Eriobotrya japonica.

Keywords: Cotoneaster schantungensis; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.