The complete chloroplast genome and phylogenetic analysis of Syringa reticulata subsp. amurensis (Rupr.) P.S.Green & M.C.Chang from Qinghai Province, China

Jiuli Wang; Tian Tian; Xia Han; Bin Ye; Xiuling Ma; Xianwen Meng; Jiuxiang Xie; Huakun Zhou

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1934150

The complete chloroplast genome and phylogenetic analysis of Syringa reticulata subsp. amurensis (Rupr.) P.S.Green & M.C.Chang from Qinghai Province, China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jun 3;6(7):1829-1831. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1934150.

Authors

Jiuli Wang^{1

2}, Tian Tian¹, Xia Han¹, Bin Ye¹, Xiuling Ma¹, Xianwen Meng^{1

2}, Jiuxiang Xie³, Huakun Zhou⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Ecological Environment and Resources, Qinghai Nationalities University, Xining, China.
² Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Highvalue Utilization of Characteristic Economic Plants, Xining, China.
³ College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University, Xining, China.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Restoration Ecology in Cold Region of Qinghai Province, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China.

Abstract

Syringa reticulata subsp. amurensis (Rupr.) P. S. Green & M. C. Chang (Oleaceae) is a shrub or tree with high medicinal value as well as great ecological significance as an urban garden plant. To better understand the molecular genetics and evolutionary of S. reticulata subsp. amurensis, its complete chloroplast genome was sequenced and annotated. The assembled chloroplast genome is a circular 156,141 bp sequence, consisting of 87,108 bp large single copy (LSC) region and 17,239 bp small single copy (SSC) region, which were flanked by a pair of 25,897 bp inverted repeats (IRs). The GC content of the chloroplast genome is 36.14%. Moreover, a total of 132 functional genes were annotated, including 88 protein-coding, 36 tRNA, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that S. reticulata subsp. amurensis was most closely related to S. reticulata subsp. Pekinensis and the genus Syringa is paraphyletic group. This study provides important information for further phylogenetic studies on S. reticulata subsp. amurensis and its allies.

Keywords: Evolutionary analysis; Oleaceae; Syringa reticulata subsp. amurensis; plastome.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Qinghai, China [2018-ZJ-964Q; 2017-ZJ-706], the Research Project of Qinghai Nationalities University [2021XJG17], the Qinghai Innovation Platform Construction Project [2021-ZJ-Y01], and the Qinghai ‘1000 Talents’ Program.