Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Liriope platyphylla (Asparagaceae: Nolinoideae) isolated in Korea

Ji-Hun Jang; Ho-Kyung Jung; Ho Park; Kyung-Min Lee; Ji-Kyung Kim; Tae-Yeon Hwang; Hyun-Woo Cho

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1787898

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Liriope platyphylla (Asparagaceae: Nolinoideae) isolated in Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jul 20;5(3):2874-2875. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1787898.

Authors

Ji-Hun Jang¹, Ho-Kyung Jung¹, Ho Park¹, Kyung-Min Lee¹, Ji-Kyung Kim¹, Tae-Yeon Hwang¹, Hyun-Woo Cho¹

Affiliation

¹ National Development Institute of Korean Medicine, Jangheung-gun, South Korea.

Abstract

Liriope platyphylla is used as an important medicinal plant for fatigue, cough, and inflammation in South Korea. Here, we report the complete chloroplast genome of L. platyphylla. The total genome size of the chloroplast is 157,076 bp with a large single-copy region (LSC: 85,374 bp), a small single-copy region (SSC: 18,748 bp), and inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb: 26,477 bp). The GC content of the L. platyphylla chloroplast was 37.6%. The cp genome encoded a set of 129 genes, including 83 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The phylogenetic tree analysis indicated that L. platyphylla is closely related to L. spicata.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Liriope platyphylla; phylogenetic tree analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Korean Medicinal Herb-Based Business of the Korean Traditional Resource (Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea).