Chloroplast genome of Dalbergia cochinchinensis (Fabaceae), a rare and Endangered rosewood species in Southeast Asia

Abstract

Dalbergia cochinchinensis is an tree species in Southeast Asia, its wood and wood products are incredibly valuable and are also of important medicinal value. In this study, its chloroplast genome was characterized using next generation Illumina pair-end and Pacbio sequencing dataset. The whole genome was 156,576 bp in length and contains a pair of 25,682 bp inverted repeat regions, which were separated by a large single copy region and a small single copy region of 85,886 and 19,326 bp in length, respectively. The cp genome contained 111 genes, including 77 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNAs and 4 rRNAs. A neighbor-joining phylogenetic analysis suggested D. cochinchinensis, which belonged to Dalbergieae, Fabaceae.

Keywords

• dalbergia cochinchinensis
• rosewood
• endangered species
• chloroplast genome