The complete chloroplast genome of the threatened Pistacia weinmannifolia, an economically and horticulturally important evergreen plant

• DOI: 10.1007/s12686-017-0871-5
• Publication Date: 2017-09-27T03:08:06Z
• Authors: Wei Zheng; Kexin Li; Wei Wang; Xiaodan Xu
• Keywords: Inverted repeat; Anacardiaceae

Pistacia weinmannifolia (Anacardiaceae) is a rare, threatened plant endemic to southwestern China and northern Myanmar and has a variety of economic uses. In this study, we assembled complete chloroplast (cp) genome of P. weinmannifolia based on the Illumina reads. The cp genome of P. weinmannifolia was 160,767 bp in length and contained a pair of inverted repeat regions (IR, 26,618 bp), which were separated by the small single copy (SSC, 19,129 bp) and the large single copy (LSC, 88,402 bp) regions. The cp genome encoded 131 genes including 87 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA ribosomal genes. The AT content of cp genome of P. weinmannifolia is 63.2%. A maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis revealed that P. weinmannifolia is closely related to P. vera. The report of this cp genome will be useful for future studies on the conservation, phylogeny, and breeding of P. weinmannifolia and its close relatives.