Complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Tibetan catnip Nepeta hemsleyana Oliver ex Prain (Lamiaceae)

Mary Ann C Bautista; Xuemei Wen; Chao Ma; Yanli Tu; Tao Chen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2054737

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Tibetan catnip Nepeta hemsleyana Oliver ex Prain (Lamiaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Mar 28;7(3):552-553. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2054737. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Mary Ann C Bautista^{1

2}, Xuemei Wen³, Chao Ma³, Yanli Tu³, Tao Chen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
² International School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology, Lhasa, China.

Abstract

Nepeta hemsleyana Oliver ex Prain (1891) is one of the aromatic Tibetan herbs used to treat convulsions. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of N. hemsleyana was analyzed and is presented here for the first time. The assembled genome, 152,171 bp in length, contained a large single-copy region (82,214 bp) and a small single-copy region (17,605 bp) separated by a pair of inverted repeats (25,676 bp). A total of 131 genes were identified, including 86 protein-coding genes, 37 transfer RNA genes, and eight ribosomal RNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis also confirmed the early divergence of N. hemsleyana from other species in subtribe Nepetinae.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Lamiaceae; Mentheae; Nepeta hemsleyana; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Fourth National Survey of Chinese Traditional Medicine Resources Project from the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine [GZY-KJS-2018-004] and the Open Project from the Key Laboratory of Shenzhen South Subtropical Plant Diversity [SSTLAB-2020-03].