Complete chloroplast genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of Ilex viridis Champ. ex Benth

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 27;5(1):914-915. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1719913.

Abstract

Ilex viridis Champ. ex Benth. is domestic to southern China. In the present work, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of Ilex viridis was assembled and characterized by high-throughput sequencing analyses. The chloroplast genome was 157,701 bp in length, consisting of large single-copy (LSC) and small single-copy (SSC) regions of 87,177 bp and 18,394 bp, respectively, which were separated by a pair of 26,065 bp inverted repeat (IR) regions. The genome was predicted to contain 134 genes, including 89 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The overall GC content of the genome is 37.7%. The phylogenetic tree reconstructed using 13 chloroplast genomes reveals that I. viridis is mostly related to Ilex szechwanensis.

Keywords: Ilex viridis; complete chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.