The complete chloroplast genome of Styrax japonicus

Zheng-Zhao Xu; Cui-Ping Zhang; Xin-Qiang Jiang; Xiao Guo; Wen-Qing Li; Qing-Hua Liu; Kui-Ling Wang; Li Wei

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1676175

The complete chloroplast genome of Styrax japonicus

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 9;5(1):81-82. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1676175.

Authors

Zheng-Zhao Xu¹, Cui-Ping Zhang¹, Xin-Qiang Jiang¹, Xiao Guo¹, Wen-Qing Li², Qing-Hua Liu¹, Kui-Ling Wang¹, Li Wei¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
² Shandong Provincial Center of Forest Tree Germplasm Resources, Jinan, China.

Abstract

Styrax japonicus is a shrub with high economic values. Here, complete chloroplast (cp) genomes were reported using high-throughput Illumina sequencing. The size of the S. japonicus chloroplast genome is 157,940 bp long, with an average AT content of 63.05%, containing a pair of inverted repeats of 24,047 bp, separated by a large single copy and a small single copy region of 87,562 bp and 22,284 bp, respectively. It contains 125 genes, including79 protein-coding genes, 37 transfer RNA genes, and eight ribosomal RNA genes. A maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree supported the fact that the chloroplast genome of S. japonicus is closely related to that of Symplocos paniculate.

Keywords: Styrax japonicus; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic relationships.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by High-level Science Foundation of Qingdao Agricultural University [663-1115005]; Collection and Protection of Featured, Rare and Endangered Forest Tree Germplasm Resources [2016LZGC038].