Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Suaeda salsa (Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae), an annual succulent halophyte

Abstract Suaeda salsa, an annual succulent halophytic herb, is one of the major halophyte widely distributed in both saline inland and the intertidal zone. In this study, we report the complete chloroplast genome (plastome) of S. salsa. The plastome was 151,642？bp in length and comprises a large single-copy region (83,502？bp), a small single-copy region (17,780？bp), and a pair of inverted repeats (25,180？bp). It encodes 113 unique genes, including 79 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 30 tRNAs, and four rRNAs. The overall GC content of this plastome was 36.4%. Phylogenomic analysis based on 20 plastomes revealed that S. salsa was closely related to S. malacosperma