The complete chloroplast genome sequence of medicinal plant, Artemisia gmelinii.

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Artemisia gmelinii was characterized from Illumina pair-end sequencing. The chloroplast genome of A. gmelinii was 151,050 bp in length, containing a large single-copy region (LSC) of 80,976 bp, a small single-copy region (SSC) of 16,006 bp, and two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 27,034 bp, each. The overall GC content is 30.70%, while the correponding values of the LSC, SSC, and IR regions are 64.6, 69.2, and 60.1%, respectively. The genome contains 131 complete genes, including 86 protein-coding genes (62 protein-coding gene species), 37 tRNA genes (29 tRNA species) and 8 rRNA genes (4 rRNA species). The Neighbour-joining phylogenetic analysis showed that A. gmelinii and Artemisia scoparia clustered together as sisters to other Artemisia species.