Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Euphorbia lathyris (Euphorbiaceae), a traditional Chinese medicine

Xueyan Zhao; Qing Wang; Fangyuan Wang; Yan Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1768169

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Euphorbia lathyris (Euphorbiaceae), a traditional Chinese medicine

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 May 20;5(3):2129-2130. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1768169. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Xueyan Zhao¹, Qing Wang¹, Fangyuan Wang¹, Yan Li¹

Affiliation

¹ Shaanxi Engineering Research Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Botanical Resources, Xi'an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province (Institute of Botany of Shaanxi Province), Xi'an, China.

Abstract

Euphorbia lathyris is a biennial herb plant in China. The seed is commonly used in well-known traditional Chinese medicine, and it has anti-tumor, p-glycoprotein and tyrosinase inhibitory activities. The length of circular chloroplast genome was 162,571 bp, containing a large single-copy region of 91,946 bp, a small single-copy region of 17,301 bp and two inverted repeat regions of 26,662 bp. The chloroplast genome contained 128 genes, including 85 protein-coding, 8 rRNA, and 35 tRNA genes. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that E. lathyris, E. kansui and E. esulaare are closely related to each other.

Keywords: Euphorbia lathyris; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences [No. 2020K-28] and the Education Department Special Research Project of Shaanxi Province [No. 18JK0953].