The complete chloroplast genome sequence of medicinal plant: Peganum nigellastrum (Zygophyllaceae)

Peganum nigellastrum is a medicinal plant. The total chloroplast (cp) genome length of P. nigellastrum is 160,066 bp, Containing a large single copy region of 88,275 bp, two inverted repeat regions of 26,486 bp and a small single copy region of 18,855 bp. The chloroplast genome contains 132 complete genes, including 87 protein-coding genes (87 PCGs), 8 ribosomal RNA genes (8 rRNAs), and 37 tRNA genes (37 tRNAs). The overall GC content of cp DNA is 37.5%, the corresponding values of the LSC, SSC, and IR regions are 35.6%, 31.4%, and 42.8%. Phylogenetic tree shows that P. nigellastrum has the closest relationship with P. harmala.