Abstract

Hevea camargoana is a natural latex producing tropical plant and a close relative of H. brasiliensis, the primary commercial source of natural rubber. This study sequenced and analyzed the chloroplast genome of H. camargoana. The circular chloroplast genome of H. camargoana contains 161,291 bp with a GC content of 35.72%. This region contains two inverted repeat regions (26,819 bp), a large single-copy region (89,281 bp), and a small single-copy (18,372 bp) region in the complete chloroplast genome. A total of 134 genes were annotated, including 86 protein-coding genes, 36 transfer RNA genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 4 pseudogenes. The results showed that H. camargoana and H. brasiliensis were closely related, suggesting that H. camargoana may be used for the future variety improvement of rubber trees.

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