The Complete Chloroplast Genome of the Vietnamese Endemic Species <i>Aquilaria banaense</i> P.H. Ho, 1986 (Thymelaeaceae): Structure, Evolution, and Phylogeny.

ABSTRACT: The genus Aquilaria (Thymelaeaceae) is renowned for producing agarwood, a highly valuable resinous product of significant economic and cultural value. Yet, many of its species, including the endemic Aquilaria banaense from Vietnam, face conservation challenges due to overexploitation. This study presents the first complete chloroplast (cp) genome of A. banaense to investigate its genome structure, evolutionary characteristics, and phylogenetic position. The cp genome of A. banaense was 174,810 bp, exhibiting a typical quadripartite structure with a large single-copy (LSC) region (87,264 bp), a small single-copy (SSC) region (3342 bp), and two inverted repeat (IR) regions (42,102 bp), encoding unique 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA ge

SUBMITTER: Van YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12301069 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature