Phylogenomics and Genetic Diversity of Arnebiae Radix and Its Allies (Arnebia, Boraginaceae) in China.

ABSTRACT: Arnebiae Radix is a traditional medicine with pleiotropic properties that has been used for several 100 years. There are five species of Arnebia in China, and the two species Arnebia euchroma and Arnebia guttata are the source plants of Arnebiae Radix according to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Molecular markers that permit species identification and facilitate studies of the genetic diversity and divergence of the wild populations of these two source plants have not yet been developed. Here, we sequenced the chloroplast genomes of 56 samples of five Arnebia species using genome skimming methods. The Arnebia chloroplast genomes exhibited quadripartite structures with lengths from 149,539 and 152,040 bp. Three variable markers (rps16-trnQ,

SUBMITTER: Sun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218939 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature