title: The complete chloroplast genome of Kolkwitzia amabilis (Caprifoliaceae), an endangered horticultural plant in China.
abstract: The complete chloroplast genome of Kolkwitzia amabilis (Caprifoliaceae) is first presented in the current study. The cp genome of K. amabilis was 156 875 bp in length and composed of two short inverted repeat (IRa and IRb) regions of 23 946 bp which were separated by a small single copy (SSC) region of 18 846 bp and a large single copy (LSC) region of 90 137 bp. The genome encoded 130 genes contained 81 coding genes, 39 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The overall AT content of K. amabilis is 61.6% and the corresponding values of the SSC, LSC and IR regions are 66.8%, 64.1%, and 57.3%, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis based on the maximum parsimony tree revealed that K. amabilis was closely related to Lonicera japonica.
authors.affiliation: a Shaanxi Engineering Research Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Botanical Resources , Xi'an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province , Xi'an , China.|b Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education) , College of Life Sciences , Xi'an , Northwest University , China.
authors.forename: Guo-Qing
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: b Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education) , College of Life Sciences , Xi'an , Northwest University , China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: b Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education) , College of Life Sciences , Xi'an , Northwest University , China.
authors.forename: Ji-Xiang
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: a Shaanxi Engineering Research Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Botanical Resources , Xi'an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province , Xi'an , China.
authors.forename: Wei-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a Shaanxi Engineering Research Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Botanical Resources , Xi'an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province , Xi'an , China.
authors.forename: Gui-Jun
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: a Shaanxi Engineering Research Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Botanical Resources , Xi'an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province , Xi'an , China.
authors.forename: Si-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D027922:Caprifoliaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D018742:DNA, Chloroplast / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant; D054628:Genome, Chloroplast; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D010802:Phylogeny; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018742:DNA, Chloroplast; D018749:RNA, Plant; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Complete chloroplast genome; Kolkwitzia amabilis; high-throughput sequencing (HTS)