Genome

Perilla frutescens Perilla frutescens Organism overview Lineage: Eukaryota[15557]; Viridiplantae[1758]; Streptophyta[1641]; Embryophyta[1630]; Tracheophyta[1603]; Spermatophyta[1585]; Magnoliopsida[1558]; eudicotyledons[1256]; Gunneridae[1256]; Pentapetalae[1256]; asterids[386]; lamiids[250]; Lamiales[119]; Lamiaceae[27]; Nepetoideae[15]; Elsholtzieae[1]; Perilla[1]; Perilla frutescens[1]

Perilla frutescens is a perennial plant of the mint family. It has two distinct varieties from east Asia. P. frutescens var. crispa is the aromatic leafy herb that occurs as a red leaf form and a green leaf form. P. frutescens var. frutescens, the oilseed crop, is the source of perilla oil.

Summary Sequence data:  genome assemblies: 4; sequence reads: 1  (See  Genome Assembly and Annotation report) Statistics:  median total length (Mb): 647.826  median protein count: 23675  median GC%: 35.25 Publications (limited to 20 most recent records) A highly contiguous genome assembly of red perilla (Perilla frutescens) domesticated in Japan. Tamura K, et al. DNA Res 2023 Feb 1 Incipient diploidization of the medicinal plant Perilla within 10,000 years. Zhang Y, et al. Nat Commun 2021 Sep 17 Chromosomes