The chloroplast genome of aromatic plants Cinnamomum pauciflorum (Lauraceae)

Yongjie Zheng; Yicun Chen; YanFang Wu; Xinliang Liu; YangDong Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2057245

The chloroplast genome of aromatic plants Cinnamomum pauciflorum (Lauraceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Apr 1;7(4):585-586. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2057245. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yongjie Zheng^{1

2

3}, Yicun Chen¹, YanFang Wu³, Xinliang Liu³, YangDong Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, China.
² Forestry Faculty, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
³ Jiangxi Academy of Forestry, Nanchang, China.

Abstract

Cinnamomum pauciflorum is a valuable aromatic tree of the genus Cinnamomum Trew in the family Lauraceae. To better determine its phylogenetic location with other Cinnamomum species, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of C. pauciflorum was sequenced. The total cp genome size is 152,766 bp, consisting of a pair of inverted repeats (IRa/b) with a length of 20,074 bp separated by a large single-copy region (LSC) and a small single-copy region (SSC) which are 93,693 and 18,925 bp, respectively. The overall GC content of the cp genome is 39.14%. Maximum-likelihood analysis showed that C. pauciflorum has phylogenetic affinities with Cinnamomum osmophloeum, Cinnamomum aromaticum, Cinnamomum mollifolium, and Cinnamomum tenuipile, providing new insight into the evolution of Lauraceae.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Cinnamomum pauciflorum; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Doctoral Initiation project of Jiangxi Academy of Forestry [2020522701] and Science and Technology Planning Project of Jiangxi Province [20202BBFL63020, 20202BBF63006].