The complete chloroplast genome of Walla Patta, Gyrinops walla (Thymelaeaceae), an agarwood-producing tree species from Sri Lanka

Jingrui Chen; Shiou Yih Lee; K D Munugoda; Rozi Mohamed; S M C U P Subasinghe; Wenbo Liao

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1926362

The complete chloroplast genome of Walla Patta, Gyrinops walla (Thymelaeaceae), an agarwood-producing tree species from Sri Lanka

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 May 19;6(6):1699-1701. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1926362.

Authors

Jingrui Chen¹, Shiou Yih Lee¹, K D Munugoda², Rozi Mohamed³, S M C U P Subasinghe², Wenbo Liao¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
² Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Centre for Forestry and Environment, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
³ Department of Forestry Science and Biodiversity, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Forest Biotechnology Laboratory, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia.

Abstract

Gyrinops walla is an important agarwood-producing tree and threatened species from Sri Lanka. Herein, we assembled and characterized the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of G. walla as a genomic resource for conservation purposes. The 175,130 bp long genome is comprised of 87,376 bp large single-copy (LSC) and 3316 bp small single-copy (SSC) regions, which are separated by two inverted repeat (IR) region, each with a size of 42,291 bp. A total of 140 genes were predicted for the cp genome, which includes 94 protein-coding, 38 tRNA, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that G. walla is fully resolved in a sister position to Aquilaria in the family Thymelaeaceae. The data provided will be useful for study on the molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Thymelaeaceae in the future.

Keywords: CITES; fragrant resin; next-generation sequencing; phylogenomics; traditional medicine.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant [number 33000-31611215]; the Guangzhou Science and Technology Program (2019.4-2022.3) under Grant [number 201903010076], the Chang Hungta Science Foundation of Sun Yat-sen University; and the Research Council of University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.