The chromosome‐scale high quality genome assembly of Panax notoginseng provides insight into dencichine biosynthesis

Panax notoginseng (2n = 2x = 24), reputed as a valuable medicinal plant, belongs to the Araliaceae family(Figure 1a). P. notoginseng has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine with obvious efficacy and favorable safety. Currently, P. notoginseng is an important material of many well-known Chinese patent medicines including Xuesaitong, Yunnan Baiyao, Comopound Danshen Dripping Pills (Xu et al., 2019).