The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)

Chaolong LuInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, ;Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China,

Qi ShenInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, ;Guizhou Rapeseed Institute, Guizhou Province of Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China, and

Jun YangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China,

Bo WangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, ;Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China

Chi SongInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, Correspondence[email protected]

Abstract

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a traditional medical plants of Asia. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of safflower was presented. The total genome size was 153,675 bp in length, containing a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 25,407 bp, separated by large single copy (LSC) and small single copy (SSC) of 83,606 bp and 19,156 bp, respectively. Overall GC content of the genome was 37.4%. The chloroplast genome harbored 127 annotated genes, including 89 protein coding genes, 30 tRNA genes and 8 rRNA genes. A total of 7 of these genes were duplicated in the inverted repeat regions. Twelve genes contained one intron.

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This work was supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2014M550135) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (31360067).

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