The complete chloroplast genome sequence of <i>Aesculus Chinensis</i> Bunge, a major street tree

Abstract

Aesculus chinensis Bunge was widely cultivated as a street tree. The complete chloroplast genome of A. chinensis, a plant species with edible seeds in family Sapindaceae, was generated in this study. The length of the complete chloroplast genomes was 155,706 bp and the total GC contents were 38.0%, 85,506 bp of large single copy (LSC) and 18,714 bp of small single copy (SSC) regions were separated by 25,743 bp of inverted repeat (IR) regions. One hundred thirty genes were predicted, including 85 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis of A. chinensis and related species revealed that A. chinensis was most closely related to A. wangii.