The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Ulmus lanceifolia Roxburgh ex Wallich (Ulmaceae)

Lili Tong; Xiaoyu Jiang; Lu Tian; Xiaogang Xu; Chongli Xia; Yao Cheng; Hongchao Wang; Yukun Tian

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.2008845

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Ulmus lanceifolia Roxburgh ex Wallich (Ulmaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jan 27;7(1):271-272. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.2008845. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Lili Tong¹, Xiaoyu Jiang^{2

3}, Lu Tian^{2

3}, Xiaogang Xu^{3

1}, Chongli Xia¹, Yao Cheng^{2

3}, Hongchao Wang^{2

3}, Yukun Tian^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China.
² Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Subtropical Forest Biodiversity Conservation, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
³ State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Ecology and Environment of Wuyi Mountains, Nanping, China.

Abstract

Ulmus lanceifolia, which plays an important role in ecology and economy, is one of the main evergreen broad leaved arbor species in southern China. In this study, we assembled its complete chloroplast genome. The total genome size of U. lanceifolia was 158,652bp, containing a large single-copy region of 87,119bp, a small single-copy region of 18,697bp, and a pair of inverted repeat regions of 26,418bp. The overall GC content of U. lanceifolia chloroplast genome is 35.63%. We obtained the 132 genes chloroplast genome, including 86 proteincoding genes, 8 rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis suggests that U. lanceifolia is a monophyletic taxa and a transitional species between the 2 groups which were combined by Ulmus americana, U. elongate and Zelkova serrate, Z. schneideriana respectively in Ulmaceae.

Keywords: Phylogenomics; Ulmaceae; Ulmus lanceifolia; complete chloroplast genome.

Grants and funding

This research work was supported by the (The Biodiversity Investigation, Observation and Assessment Program of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China #1) under Grant [number 20191226]; (The Special Fiscal Funds for Repair and Purchase in National Public Institutions #2) under Grant [number 2010002002]; and (Jiangsu Forestry Science and Technology Innovation and Extension Program #3) under Grant [number LYKJ[2018]13].