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Abstract
Stewartia sichuanensis is a rare plant species of Theaceae and is endemic to China. Its distribution area is highly restricted, and genomic information is extremely limited. The present study reports the first complete chloroplast of S. sichuanensis. The chloroplast genome length was 158,903 bp, with a GC content of 37.3%. The chloroplast genome was comprised of an 87,736 bp long large single copy (LSC), an 18,435 bp long small single copy (SSC), and two copies of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 26,366 bp. It contained 129 genes, including 85 encoding, 36 transfer RNA, and eight ribosomal RNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis suggested that S. sichuanensis was closely related to S. laotica and S. pteropetiolata.
Acknowledgements
The author thanks the Herbarium of Zhejiang University (HZU) for providing the plant material and curating the voucher specimen.
Ethical approval
No specific permissions were needed to perform this research since Stewartia sichuanensis is not listed as an endangered plant in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species or included in the List of Wild Plants under State Priority Conservation of China, nor would any damage be caused to its natural population.
Author contributions
H.-Y. Lin conceived the idea. H.-Y. Lin and C.-N. Cai analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Data availability statement
The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) under accession no. ON853833. The associated BioProject, Bio-Sample, and SRA numbers are PRJNA853182, SAMN29363576, and SRR19858886, respectively.