Complete plastome sequence of Vernicia Montana Lour. (Euphorbiaceae): a deciduous tree species in southeast Asia

Abstract

Vernicia montana Lour. is a deciduous tree species belonging to the family of Euphorbiaceae, distributed in southeast Asia. Here, we report and characterize the complete plastome of Vernicia montana Lour. The complete plastome is of 164,506 bp in length with a typical structure and gene content of angiosperm plastome, including two inverted repeat (IRs) regions of 27,965 bp, a large single-copy (LSC) region of 91,427 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 17,149 bp. The plastome contains 130 genes, consisting of 81 protein-coding genes (six of which are repetitive in IR), 38 tRNA genes (seven of which are repetitive in IR), seven rRNA genes (5S rRNA, 4.5S rRNA, 23S rRNA and 16S rRNA) (three of which are repetitive in the IR), and four pseudogenes. The overall G/C content in the plastome of Vernicia montana Lour. is 35.8%. The complete plastome sequence of montana Lour. will provide a useful resource for the conservation genetics of this species as well as for phylogenetic studies in Euphorbiaceae.

Keywords

• vernicia montana lour
• euphorbiaceae
• plastome
• genome structure
• phylogenomics