Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Camellia yuhsienensis Hu, a resilient shrub with strong floral fragrance

Ziyan Nie; Xingzhao Huang; Zhikang Hu; Xinlei Li; Hengfu Yin; Jiyuan Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1797580

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Camellia yuhsienensis Hu, a resilient shrub with strong floral fragrance

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jul 26;5(3):2998-2999. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1797580.

Authors

Ziyan Nie^{1

2}, Xingzhao Huang¹, Zhikang Hu², Xinlei Li², Hengfu Yin², Jiyuan Li²

Affiliations

¹ School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China.
² Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, China.

Abstract

Camellia yuhsienensis Hu is an economically valuable species in the genus Camellia. It is widely used for breeding ornaments and oil varieties. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of C. yuhsienensis is assembled and annotated. The whole cp genome of C. yuhsienensis is 156,912 bp in size, composed of a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,296 bp and a large single copy (LSC) region of 86,560 bp, separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs, IRA: 86,561-112,588; IRB: 130,885-156,912). The overall GC content of C. yuhsienensis cp genome is 37.3%, with the base content A (31.08%), T (31.63%), C (19.02%), and G (18.27%). The phylogenetic analysis of 15 Camellia species based on 77 protein-coding genes shows that C. yuhsienensis is evolutionarily close to Camellia taliensis.

Keywords: Camellia yuhsienensis Hu; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

Financial support was provided by Anhui Education Department Fund [KG2018A0153].