The complete chloroplast genome of Tibetan folk medicinal plant Swertia franchetiana

摘要

Asone of the original plants of traditional Tibetan folk medicinal ‘Zangyinchen’, Swertia franchetiana (S. franchetiana ) was used to treat a variety of ailments. Large amount of fruiting harvesting has led to a sharp decrease and gradual depletion of its resources. As a result, the wild resource is on the verge of extinction, it needs urgent conservation. Here, we report the complete sequence of the chloroplast genome of S. franchetiana . The genome was 153,087?bp in length with 130 genes comprising 85 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The overall GC content of G. paludosa chloroplast genome was is 38.17%. Phylogenomic analysis suggested that S. franchetiana formed a clade with Swertia mussotii with high bootstrap values, indicating that the S. franchetiana was closely related to S. mussotii .