Complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Salix koriyanagi Kimura ex Goerz (Salicaceae)

Abstract

As a Korean endemic plant, Salix koriyanagi Kimura ex Goerz belongs to the genus Salix L. which is the largest genus of Salicaceae. In this study, we presented a complete chloroplast genome of S. koriyanagi which is 155,707 bp and has four sub-regions: 84,484 bp of large single copy (LSC) and 16,125 bp of small single copy (SSC) regions are separated by 27,549 bp of inverted repeat (IR) regions including 130 genes (83 coding regions, 8 rRNAs, and 38 tRNAs). The overall GC contents of the chloroplast genome were 36.7% and in the LSC, SSC, and IR regions were 34.4%, 31.00%, and 41.8%, respectively. A phylogenetic analysis showed that S. koriyanagi is distinct from Salix purpurea, which is incongruent to relationship based on their phenotypes.

Keywords:

• Salix
• Chloroplast genome
• Salix koriyanagi
• Salicaceae
• Korea endemic species

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Funding

This work was supported by InfoBoss Research Grant [IBG-0003].