Complete chloroplast genome of Camellia chekiangoleosa (Theaceae), a shrub with gorgeous flowers and rich seed oil

Xin Yin; Tian Li; Bin Huang; Lian Xu; Qiang Wen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1884026

Complete chloroplast genome of Camellia chekiangoleosa (Theaceae), a shrub with gorgeous flowers and rich seed oil

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 15;6(3):840-841. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1884026.

Authors

Xin Yin¹, Tian Li², Bin Huang², Lian Xu¹, Qiang Wen²

Affiliations

¹ Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
² Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Camellia Germplasm Conservation and Utilization, Jiangxi Academy of Forestry, Nanchang, China.

Abstract

Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu is an oil-tea Camellia species with high economic and nutritional value in the south of China. In this study, the chloroplast genome of C. chekiangoleosa was determined by Illumina Miseq platform. The whole chloroplast genome is 156,971 bp in length, containing a large single-copy region (LSC, 86,673 bp), a small single-copy region (SSC, 18,394 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb, 25,952 bp). There is a total of 113 genes in the complete chloroplast genome of which 19 genes are repeated in the IR regions. In addition, the phylogenetic tree revealed a close relationship between C. chekiangoleosa and C. japonica. The complete chloroplast genome will contribute to further studies on phylogeny and conservation of C. chekiangoleosa and related taxa in Camellia of Theaceae.

Keywords: Camellia chekiangoleosa; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31860179], the Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province, China [20201BBF61003], and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, China [20151BAB204030].