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The complete chloroplast genome of Limonium tetragonum (Plumbaginaceae) isolated in Korea

Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 51 (3): 337-344

Yongsung Kim, Hong Xi, Jongsun Park*
Genbank accessions MN044572  | 
The chloroplast genome of Limonium tetragonum (Thunb.) Bullock, a halophytic species, was sequenced to understand genetic differences based on its geographical distribution. The cp genome of L. tetragonum was 154,689 bp long (GC ratio is 37.0\%) and has four subregions: 84,572 bp of large single-copy (35.3\%) and 12,813 bp of small single-copy (31.5\%) regions were separated by 28,562 bp of inverted repeat (40.9\%) regions. It contained 128 genes (83 protein-coding genes, eight rRNAs, and 37 tRNAs). Thirty-five single-nucleotide polymorphisms and 33 INDEL regions (88 bp in length) were identified. Maximum-likelihood and Bayesian inference phylogenetic trees showed that L. tetragonum formed a sister group with L. aureum, which is incongruent with certain previous studies, including a phylogenetic analysis.