The complete chloroplast genome of Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K.Koch (Lamiaceae)

Quynh Chi Phan; Ryohei Nagasaki; Yuya Inoue; Hiromi Tsubota

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2275332

The complete chloroplast genome of Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K.Koch (Lamiaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Nov 1;8(11):1174-1178. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2275332. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Quynh Chi Phan¹, Ryohei Nagasaki¹, Yuya Inoue^{2

3}, Hiromi Tsubota^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
² Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Ibaraki, Japan.
³ Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Miyazaki, Japan.
⁴ Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden, Green Innovation Division, Seto Inland Sea Carbon Neutral Research Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.

Abstract

Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K.Koch is a shrub species with distribution from East Asia to Southeast Asia. We assembled and annotated for the first time the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of C. dichotoma. The cp genome of C. dichotoma is 154,110 bp long with the GC content of 38.09% and consists of four subregions: a large single-copy (LSC) region of 84,915 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 17,783 bp and a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 25,706 bp each. The cp genome of C. dichotoma encodes a total of 114 unique genes, comprising 80 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. Phylogenetic trees based on the coding sequences strongly support the position of C. dichotoma within the genus Callicarpa, confirming the previously reported monophyly of the genus.

Keywords: Callicarpa; Lamiaceae; complete chloroplast genome; medicine; phylogenetic relationships.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI under Grant No. [21H04717]; “Plan for the Advancement of Education at Universities and Colleges of Technology Using Digital Technology” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan; and donation to Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden, Green Innovation Division, Seto Inland Sea Carbon Neutral Research Center of Hiroshima University.