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Abstract
Dracocephalum rupestre (tribe Mentheae; Lamiaceae) is a perennial herb from Korea and China with high ornamental and medicinal value. Here, we report its complete chloroplast genome to provide insight into the phylogenetic relationships of Dracocephalum. The genome is 151,230 bp long, with two inverted repeat regions (25,643 bp each) that separate a large single-copy region (82,536 bp) and a small single-copy region (17,408 bp). It contains 133 genes that encode 88 proteins, eight rRNAs, and 37 tRNAs. The maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis strongly supported Dracocephalum monophyly, showing that the genus forms a sister group with the subtribe Menthinae in the tribe Mentheae.
Author contributions
JH Lee and TI Heo conceived and designed the experiments. TI Heo contributed to the resource sampling and species identification. AG and JW Park conducted laboratory works. EK Han performed the data analysis and wrote the manuscript. JH Lee revised and approved the final version of the paper. All authors have reviewed and approved the manuscript. All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Ethical approval
The study species used in this research were collected for ex situ conservation at the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum (BDNA), the forest biological resources management institution, and individuals were not collected from protected areas. Therefore, this study does not need ethical approval or permissions to collect the sample. All procedures conducted to produce and publish this article were conducted in compliance with the regulations of the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Data availability statement
Data from this study are available in the NCBI GenBank at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (accession number OP526971). The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA883819, SRS15224747, and SAMN30996907, respectively.