Complete chloroplast genome of Ulleung Island endemic, Epilobium ulleungensis (Onagraceae), in Korea

Abstract

The first complete chloroplast genome sequences of Korean endemic Epilobium in Ulleung Island, Epilobium ulleungensis, were reported in this study. The E. ulleungensis plastome was 160,912 bp long, with the large single copy (LSC) region of 88,915 bp, the small single copy (SSC) region of 17,327 bp, and two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 27,335 bp. The plastome contained 131 genes, including 84 protein-coding, eight ribosomal RNA, and 37 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content was 36.5%. Phylogenetic analysis of nine representative plastomes within the family Onagraceae suggests strongly that E. ulleungensis is sister to the clade containing species of Oenothera in tribe Onagreae.