Complete chloroplast genome of Mesua ferrea: the first Calophyllaceae plastome

Yi Wang; Xiaolong Yuan; Yunqing Li; Jinfeng Zhang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1666668

Complete chloroplast genome of Mesua ferrea: the first Calophyllaceae plastome

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Sep 17;4(2):3027-3028. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1666668.

Authors

Yi Wang¹, Xiaolong Yuan¹, Yunqing Li¹, Jinfeng Zhang¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Forest Plant Cultivation and Utilization, Yunnan Academy of Forestry, Kunming, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

The first complete chloroplast genome sequences of Mesua ferrea were reported in this study. The cpDNA of M. ferrea is 161,470 bp in length, contains a large single copy region (LSC) of 88,760 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 17,482 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 27,614 bp. The genome contains 131 genes, including 86 protein-coding genes, eight ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content of the whole genome is 36.4%. Phylogenetic analysis of 30 chloroplast genomes within the order Malpighiales suggests that M. ferrea is closely related to Garcinia mangostana.

Keywords: Illumina sequencing; Mesua ferrea; chloroplast; phylogenetic analysis.