Complete chloroplast genome of Paraphlomis koreana (Lamiaceae) – An endemic species from Korea

Abstract

Paraphlomis is a genus belonging to the family Lamiaceae with approximately 24 species distributed mainly in East Asia. Among these, the distribution of one species, Paraphlomis koreana S.C. Ko et G.Y. Chung, is restricted to South Korea. Here, we determined the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of P. koreana and analyzed its relationship with related species. The complete cp genome sequence of P. koreana is 152,128 bp in length and consists of large (83,251 bp) and small (17,631 bp) single-copy regions and a pair of identical inverted repeats (25,623 bp). It contains 87 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, four rRNA genes, and one pseudogene ( infA ). Phylogenetic analysis of 22-related taxa inferred from cp genomes revealed the position of P. koreana (endemic to the Korean Peninsula) and showed that this species is closely related to P. javanica . The complete cp genome sequence of P. koreana obtained in this study provides important information for phylogenetic and evolutionary studies of Lamiaceae.