The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Plantago lagopus L.

Abstract

Plantago lagopus L. is the economically important medicine species plant of the family Plantaginaceae. Plantago lagopus L. is annual or perennial herbs, which is used as whole plants and seeds. Plantago lagopus L. has been used the effect of lowering blood fat, regulating blood sugar and diuresis. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of Plantago lagopus L. was determined by the Illumina Hiseq4000 sequencing. The complete chloroplast genome of Plantago lagopus L. was 145,936 bp in length and displays a typical quadripartite structure of the large (LSC, 86,835 bp) and small (SSC, 18,431 bp) single-copy regions, separated by a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs, 20,335 bp each). It harbours 127 functional genes, including 84 protein-coding genes, 35 transfer RNA and 8 ribosomal RNA genes species. The overall nucleotide composition was: 30.4% A, 31.3% T, 19.4% C and 18.9% G, with a total G + C content of 38.3%. Phylogenetic relationship analysis shows that Plantago lagopus L. closely related to Plantago maritima L.