The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Huodendron tibeticum (J.Anthony) Rehder (Styracaceae)

Xiaoyu Jiang; Yaoqin Zhang; Lili Tong; Xiaogang Xu; Yukun Tian; Hongchao Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1860695

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Huodendron tibeticum (J.Anthony) Rehder (Styracaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jan 21;6(1):205-207. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1860695.

Authors

Xiaoyu Jiang^{1

2}, Yaoqin Zhang^{1

2}, Lili Tong³, Xiaogang Xu^{1

2}, Yukun Tian^{1

2}, Hongchao Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Subtropical Forest Biodiversity Conservation, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
² State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Ecology and Environment of Wuyi Mountains, Nanping, China.
³ School of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

Huodendron tibeticum (J.Anthony) Rehder, which plays an important role in ecology and economy, is a deciduous species of Styracaceae. The authors sequenced, assembled, and annotated the chloroplast (cp) genome of Huodendron tibeticum using the sequencing data from Illumina Novaseq platform in this study. The complete cp genome of H. tibeticum is 159,320 bp in length, including a large single-copy (LSC) region of 87,795 bp, and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,989 bp. It contains 130 genes, including 37 tRNA genes, 8 rRNA genes, and 85 protein-coding genes. The overall GC content of H. tibeticum chloroplast genome is 36.66%. The phylogenetic analysis suggests that H. tibeticum is a sister species to H. biaristatum in Styracaceae.

Keywords: Huodendron tibeticum; Styracaceae; complete chloroplast genome; phylogenomics.

Grants and funding

This research work was supported by The Biodiversity Investigation, Observation and Assessment Program of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China [20191226]; The Special Fiscal Funds for Repair and Purchase in National Public Institutions [2010002002]; Jiangsu Forestry Science and Technology Innovation and Extension Program [No. LYKJ[2018]13]; The Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).