The first complete chloroplast genome of medical plant Terminalia neotaliala

Abstract

Terminalia neotaliala, a tropical tree species that originated from Madagascar, is a plant of high medical and horticultural value in Africa and China. This is the first study to present the complete chloroplast genome of T. neotaliala. The total chloroplast genome was 159,439bp in length, consisting of a large single copy (LSC) with 88,832bp, a small single copy (SSC) region of 19,013bp, and two inverted repeat (IRs) regions of 25,797bp. The overall GC content in the chloroplast genome was 36.9% and that of LSC, SSC and IRs were 34.7%, 30.5% and 43.0%, respectively. Of the 141 annotated genes, 96 were coding genes, eight were rRNA genes and 37 were tRNA genes. A phylogenetic analysis showed that in Myrtales, T. neotaliala is closely related to Laguncularia racemosa and Lumnitzera littorea.

Keywords

• combretaceae
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenetic analysis
• introduced species