The complete chloroplast genome of Distylium tsiangii Chun ex Walker, a rare and endangered plant

Lei Xie; Lu Wang; Mingyue Zang; Shuifei Chen; Yao Li; Yanming Fang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1703605

The complete chloroplast genome of Distylium tsiangii Chun ex Walker, a rare and endangered plant

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 8;5(1):430-431. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1703605.

Authors

Lei Xie¹, Lu Wang¹, Mingyue Zang¹, Shuifei Chen², Yao Li¹, Yanming Fang¹

Affiliations

¹ Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Subtropical Forest Biodiversity Conservation, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
² Research Center for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity, State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Ecology and Environment of Wuyi Mountains, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory on Biosafety, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

Distylium tsiangii Chun ex Walker is an evergreen tree species endemic to China. It has been classified as critically endangered in the Red List of China Higher Plants. Here, we sequenced, assembled, and analyzed the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of D. tsiangii. The plastome is 159,125 bp in length, with a typical quadripartite structure and consisting of a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (26,220 bp) separated by a large single copy (LSC) region (87,897 bp) and a small single copy (SSC) region (18,788 bp). The overall GC content was 38.00%. A total of 131 genes were annotated, including 37 tRNA genes, 86 protein-coding genes, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that D. tsiangii was more closely related to Parrotia subaequalis.

Keywords: phylogenetic analysis; Chloroplast genome; Distylium tsiangii; Hamamelidaceae.

Grants and funding

This study was partially funded by the Biodiversity Investigation, Observation and Assessment Program of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).