The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Sauropus spatulifolius Beille

Sauropus spatulifolius Beille is one kind of Chinese herbal medicine with anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities. In this study, we reported the complete chloroplast genome of S. spatulifolius Beille, and assembled and annotated with high-throughput sequencing data, which would provide help for its taxonomy research. The chloroplast sequence was 154,707 bp , with two of 87,438 bp and 19,427 bp single-copy regions, which were separated by two inverted repeat regions with 23,921 bp . A total of 129 genes were predicted, with GC content of 36.61%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that S. spatulifolius Beille closest to Glochidion chodoense in Malpighiales.