The complete plastid genome sequence of Quercus acuta (Fagaceae), an evergreen broad-leaved oak endemic to East Asia

Abstract

We are reporting the complete plastid genome (plastome) of Quercus acuta, an evergreen broad-leaved oak endemic to East Asia. This species is important for maintaining the warm-temperate evergreen forest biome in East Asia. The Q. acuta plastome is 160,522 base pairs (bp) long, with two inverted repeat (IR) regions (25,839 bp each) that separate a large single copy (LSC) region (90,199 bp) and a small single copy (SSC) region (18,645 bp). The phylogenetic tree shows that Quercus acuta is closely related to Quercus sichourensis with strong bootstrap support.

Keywords

• complete plastid genome
• cyclobalanopsis
• evergreen broad-leaved oak
• phylogenetic analysis
• quercus acuta