The complete chloroplast genome of a hemiparasitic plant Santalum boninense (Santalaceae), endemic to the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of a hemiparasitic plant Santalum boninense (Santalaceae) was determined and described in this study. The chloroplast genome was 144,263 bp in length, consisting of a large single-copy region (83,912 bp), a small single-copy region (11,349 bp), and inverted repeats (24,501 bp). The chloroplast genome contained 124 genes including 72 protein-coding genes, 35 tRNA genes, eight rRNA genes, and nine pseudogenes. All the ndh genes and infA gene were found to lose function by gene loss or pseudogenization. GC content of the whole chloroplast genome was 38.0%.

Keywords

• bonin islands
• chloroplast genome
• endemic species
• hemipalasitic plant
• santalum boninense