The complete chloroplast genome of the medicinally important plant Plumbago zeylanica L. (plumbaginaceae) and phylogenetic analysis

Abstract

Plumbago zeylanica L. 1753 is a medicinally-important herb in family Plumbaginaceae. In this study, we assembled and reported the complete chloroplast genome of P. zeylanica. The plastome of P. zeylanica was 169,178 bp, including a large single-copy region of 92,135 bp, a small single-copy region (SSC) of 13,455 bp and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs) of 31,794 bp. It contained 124 genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that P. zeylanica formed a close relationship with P. auriculata in Plumbago. The first complete chloroplast genome report of P. zeylanica providing an opportunity to explore the genetic diversity, and would be also helpful in the species identification and conservation.