The complete chloroplast genome of Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. Et Zucc.) Maxim. (Berberidaceae), a traditional Chinese herb

摘要

Epimedium sagittatum is an important traditional medicinal plant in China. In this study, we assembled the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of E. sagittatum . The whole cp genome of E. sagittatum is 157,114?bp in length, comprising a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (25,775?bp) separated by a large single copy (LSC) region (88,507?bp) and a small single copy (SSC) region (17,057?bp). The E. sagittatum cp genome contains 133 genes, of which 82 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, 8 rRNA genes and 5 pseudogenes. Phylogenetic analysis shows that E . sagittatum is closely clustered with E . lishihchenii . This genome provides a wealth of information for distinguishing of Epimedium species.