Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr. (Rhizophoraceae)

Abstract

Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr. (1919) is an important medical resource distributed across subtropical Asia. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of C. brachiata was sequenced, revealing a total length of 162,460 bp, including four regions – a large single copy (89,814 bp), a small single copy (18,804 bp), and a pair of inverted repeats (26,921 bp each). The overall guanine + cytosine content was 35.76%. In total, 130 genes were annotated within the chloroplast genome, comprising 85 protein-coding, 37 tRNA, and 8 rRNA genes. Subsequent phylogenetic analyses revealed that C. brachiata is closely related to Carallia diplopetala.

Keywords:

• Carallia brachiata
• chloroplast genome
• rosid phylogenetics

Author contributions

You Zhou and Xiongmei Zhu performed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft. Jiyun She analyzed the data, prepared the figures, and approved the final draft. Fen Xiao and Jian Zhao conceived and designed the experiment, reviewed the drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft. All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of this study.

Ethical statement

Carallia brachiata leaves were collected from the South China Botanical Garden in Guangzhou, China in compliance with the national Wild Plant Protective Regulations.

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) under accession no. OM141003. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA801906, SRR17823292, and SAMN25413005, respectively.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Innovation Platform Open Fund Project of Hunan Provincial Education Department with the ‘‘Occurrence rule Prevention and control technology research of southern rice black-streaked dwarf disease in the area of Hunan central region’ project, under grant [20K074]; and Project of Hunan Provincial Education Department with ‘‘Control Effects of Mixture of Metamifop and Cyhalofop-butyl on Annual Weeds Barnyard Grass in Direct-seeding Paddy Field’ project, under grant [20C1031].