The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Korean maple tree (Acer pseudosieboldianum (Pax) Kom.)

Hyoung Tae Kim; Jung Sung Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2224623

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Korean maple tree (Acer pseudosieboldianum (Pax) Kom.)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Jun 25;8(6):691-694. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2224623. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Hyoung Tae Kim¹, Jung Sung Kim²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecological and Environmental System, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook, South Korea.
² Department of Forest Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea.

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Acer pseudosieboldianum (Sapindaceae) was determined. The chloroplast genome of A. pseudosieboldianum is 157,053 bp in length with two inverted repeats (26,747 bp) between a large single-copy (85,391 bp) and a small single-copy (18,168 bp). The GC content was 37.8% and it was composed of 86 coding genes, eight rRNA genes, 37 tRNA genes, and two pseudogenes, rps2, and ycf1. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the plastid genome sequences strongly supported the hypothesis that A. pseudosieboldianum was embedded in the series Palmata of section Palmata. However, the phylogenetic positions of A. ukurunduense and A. buergerianum, which are a members of the series Penninervia of sections Palmata and Pentaphylla, respectively, were incongruent with the recent sectional classification system.

Keywords: Acer pseudosieboldianum; chloroplast genome; section Palmata.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education [2018R1D1A3B07048213 and 2020R1I1A2053517].