The complete chloroplast genome of Rhododendron shanii W.P. Fang (Ericaceae), a endemic plant from the Southern Dabie Mountains of China

Huan-Xi Yu; Wang-Gu Xu; Jian-Liang Zhang; Ying-Ying Lv; Peng Chen; Bao-Kun Xu; Chang Qu; Zhi Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2127336

The complete chloroplast genome of Rhododendron shanii W.P. Fang (Ericaceae), a endemic plant from the Southern Dabie Mountains of China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Oct 11;7(10):1787-1788. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2127336. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Huan-Xi Yu¹, Wang-Gu Xu¹, Jian-Liang Zhang¹, Ying-Ying Lv¹, Peng Chen¹, Bao-Kun Xu¹, Chang Qu¹, Zhi Wang¹

Affiliation

¹ Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

Rhododendron shanii W.P. Fang 1983 (Ericaceae) is woody plant naturally distributed in the southwest of Anhui, China. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of R. shanii was generated by whole-genome next-generation sequencing data and assembled based on three Rhododendron species chloroplast genome. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of R. shanii was 204,170 bp and divided into four distinct regions: small single-copy region (2615 bp), large single-copy region (107,189 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat regions (47,183 bp). The genome annotation displayed 150 genes, including 95 protein-coding genes, 47 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis with the Ericaceae reported chloroplast genomes revealed that R. shanii is sister to the clade comprising R. delavayi, R. griersonianum and R. platypodum.

Keywords: Complete chloroplast genome; Ericaceae; Rhododendron shanii; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the [Chinese Key Technology R & D Program] under Grant [number SQ2020YFF0426320] and [the Research Program for Public Welfare Scientific Projects of Environmental Protection] under Grant [number 201509042].