The complete chloroplast genomes of Lycopus lucidus and Agastache rugosa, two herbal species in tribe Mentheae of Lamiaceae family

Yan Wang; Hanping Wang; Baozhen Zhou; Zhiyong Yue

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1847617

The complete chloroplast genomes of Lycopus lucidus and Agastache rugosa, two herbal species in tribe Mentheae of Lamiaceae family

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jan 13;6(1):89-90. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1847617.

Authors

Yan Wang¹, Hanping Wang², Baozhen Zhou², Zhiyong Yue²

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology Institute of Shaanxi, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
² College of Medicine, Xi'an International University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Abstract

Lamiaceae is one of the largest families in the kingdom Plantae, including lots of traditional Chinese herbs. Lycopus lucidus and Agastache rugosa are two Lamiaceae species, which are most frequently used in Chinese traditional medicine. In the current study, the complete chloroplast genome sequences of two species were assembled. Their circular DNA lengths were 152,096 and 151,922 bp respectively. Both genomes were made up of a large single-copy region, a small single-copy region, and a pair of inverted repeat regions. Each genome totally encoded 133 genes, containing 88 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that both species belong to the Mentheae tribe of the Lamiaceae family.

Keywords: Agastache rugosa; Lycopus lucidus; chloroplast genome; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Science and Research special Project of Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Project [20JK0865], the Science and Technology Research Project of Shaanxi Province Academy of Sciences [2018nk-01], and the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province [2019SF-291].