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The genome sequence of empress tree, Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud. (Lamiales: Paulowniaceae).

  • Maarten J M Christenhusz1,2
  • Ilia J Leitch1
  • Michael F Fay1
  • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab
  • Plant Genome Sizing Collective
  • Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team
  • Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
  • Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
  1. 1Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
  2. 2Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Abstract

We present a genome assembly of Paulownia tomentosa (empress tree; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Lamiales; Paulowniaceae). The assembly consists of two haplotypes with total lengths of 523.45 megabases and 513.68 megabases. The haplotype 1 assembly and the haplotype 2 assembly each contain 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules; these account for 99.88% and 94.87% of their respective sequences. The mitochondrial genome assembly has a length of 877.79 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 154.65 kilobases. Gene annotation of the haplotype 1 assembly by Ensembl identified 27,612 protein-coding genes. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.

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@article{christenhusz2026genome,
  title = {{The genome sequence of empress tree, Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud. (Lamiales: Paulowniaceae).}},
  author = {Maarten J M Christenhusz and Ilia J Leitch and Michael F Fay and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab and Plant Genome Sizing Collective and Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team and Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team and Tree of Life Core Informatics collective and Darwin Tree of Life Consortium},
  journal = {Wellcome open research},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27878.1},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42922465},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - The genome sequence of empress tree, Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud. (Lamiales: Paulowniaceae).
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AU  - Ilia J Leitch
AU  - Michael F Fay
AU  - Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab
AU  - Plant Genome Sizing Collective
AU  - Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective
AU  - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team
AU  - Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations
AU  - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team
AU  - Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
AU  - Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/21
JO  - Wellcome open research
DO  - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27878.1
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42922465
AB  - We present a genome assembly of Paulownia tomentosa (empress tree; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Lamiales; Paulowniaceae). The assembly consists of two haplotypes with total lengths of 523.45 megabases and 513.68 megabases. The haplotype 1 assembly and the haplotype 2 assembly each contain 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules; these account for 99.88% and 94.87% of their respective sequences. The mitochondrial genome assembly has a length of 877.79 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 154.65 kilobases. Gene annotation of the haplotype 1 assembly by Ensembl identified 27,612 protein-coding genes. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.
SN  - 2398-502X
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