Complete chloroplast genome of Prunus matuurai (Rosaceae), a wild flowering cherry endemic to Taiwan Island

Abstract

Prunus matuurai is an endemic flowering cherry on Taiwan Island, China. Here, we determined the first complete chloroplast genome of P. matuurai using genome skimming approach. The cp genome was 157,928 bp long, with a large single-copy region (LSC) of 85,904 bp and a small single-copy region (SSC) of 19,104 bp separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 26,460 bp. It encodes 129 genes, including 84 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 ribosomal RNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that P. matuurai is closely related to P. speciose.

Keywords

• prunus matuurai;·flowering cherries
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenomics