The complete plastid genome of Rhamnus taquetii, an endemic shrub on the Jeju Island of Korea

Abstract

Rhamnus taquetii (family Rhamnaceae) is a shrub , endemic to Korea. Here, the R. taquetii plastid genome was found to be 161,205 bp long and consists of quadripartite structures; a large single-copy region of 89,373 bp, a small single-copy region of 18,936 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat regions of 26,448 bp each. The GC content of the sequence was found to be 37.1%. The plastid genome was found to harbor 129 genes, including 84 protein-coding genes, 37 transfer RNA genes, and 8 ribosomal RNA genes. On the phylogenetic tree of Rosales (based on 63 protein-coding genes), Rhamnaceaewas found to be monophyletic.

Keywords: Endemic species; Rhamnaceae; Rhamnus taquetii; plastid genome.