The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Populus pamirica Kom. (Salicaceae)

Abstract

Populus pamirica Kom. was merely found in Pamir and formed a rare type of riparian forest. Here we assembled the complete chloroplast genome of P. pamirica, which is 157,418 bp in length, with 129 functional genes including eight rRNA, 36 tRNA, and 85 protein-coding genes. The GC content of P. pamirica is 36.6%. Our phylogenetic inference suggested that P. pamirica had close relationship with P. szechuanica. Further studies such as combining nrDNA data are needed to confirm the systematic position of P. pamirica.