Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Camellia yuhsienensis Hu, a resilient shrub with strong floral fragrance

Abstract

Camellia yuhsienensis Hu is an economically valuable species in the genus Camellia. It is widely used for breeding ornaments and oil varieties. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of C. yuhsienensis is assembled and annotated. The whole cp genome of C. yuhsienensis is 156,912 bp in size, composed of a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,296 bp and a large single copy (LSC) region of 86,560 bp, separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs, IRA: 86,561–112,588; IRB: 130,885–156,912). The overall GC content of C. yuhsienensis cp genome is 37.3%, with the base content A (31.08%), T (31.63%), C (19.02%), and G (18.27%). The phylogenetic analysis of 15 Camellia species based on 77 protein-coding genes shows that C. yuhsienensis is evolutionarily close to Camellia taliensis.

Keywords:

• Camellia yuhsienensis Hu
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenetic analysis

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, reference number MT665973, or available from the corresponding author.

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Funding

Financial support was provided by Anhui Education Department Fund [KG2018A0153].