The complete chloroplast genome of Tetradoxa omeiensis (Adoxaceae) provides insights into the phylogenetic relationship of Adoxaceae

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome of Tetradoxa omeiensis, which is endemic and endangered to the Hengduan Mountains, was sequenced and characterized in this study. The chloroplast genome is 157,502 bp in length, and it is consisted of four distinct regions: a large single-copy region (LSC, 86,526 bp), a small single-copy region (SSC, 18,682 bp) and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs, 26,147 bp). A total of 134 genes were annotated, including 86 protein-coding genes (80 PCG species), 40 tRNA genes (33 tRNA species) and 8 ribosomal RNA genes (4 rRNA species). We also reconstructed a comprehensive phylogenetic relationship of the family Adoxaceae, which demonstrated that the three Adoxaceae species clustered into two well-supported clades, and T. omeiensis is most closely related to the Adoxa moschatellina.

Keywords

• tetradoxa omeiensis
• chloroplast genome
• endangered species
• hengduan mountains