Complete chloroplast genome of the Meconopsis quintuplinervia (Papaveraceae), a traditional medicine of Tibetan.

ABSTRACT: As a medicinal herb of Tibetan, Meconopsis quintuplinervia is often utilized for treating pneumonia. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of M. quintuplinervia was determined by next-generation sequencing technology. The overall genome was 154,997?bp in size, including a large single copy (LSC), a small single copy (SSC) and two inverted repeat (IR) regions, which were 85,153?bp, 17,876?bp, and 25,984?bp in length, respectively. The circular chloroplast genome owned 129 genes, comprising 84 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes (four rRNA species), and 37 transfer RNA genes. The GC contents of the entire sequence, LSC, SSC, and IR region were 38.5%, 37.1%, 32.8%, and 43%, separately. The maximum likelihood tree revealed that M. quintuplinervia was closely related to M. racemosa with strong support value.

SUBMITTER: Xu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7687438 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature