The complete chloroplast genome of Myricaria prostrata, a threatened plant in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Xiaofeng Chi; Faqi Zhang; Shilong Chen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1643803

The complete chloroplast genome of Myricaria prostrata, a threatened plant in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 19;4(2):2637-2638. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1643803.

Authors

Xiaofeng Chi^{1

2}, Faqi Zhang^{1

2}, Shilong Chen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China.
² Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Xining, China.

Abstract

Myricaria prostrata is a critically endangered plant mainly distributed in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas. In the current research, we report the complete chloroplast genome sequence of M. prostrata. The total length of the genome was 155,230 bp with the GC content of 36.39%. 129 genes including 84 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes were annotated. Maximum-likelihood (ML) analysis revealed that Myricaria forms a clade with Tamarix which showed close relationship with the clade of Hololachna and Reaumuria.

Keywords: Myricaria prostrata; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.