Complete chloroplast genome of Daphne pseudomezereum var. koreana (Thymelaeaceae)

Abstract

Daphne pseudomezereum A. Gray var. koreana (Nakai) Hamaya is a shrub distributed in high mountains in Japan and Korea and is used as a medicinal plant. The complete chloroplast genome of D. pseudomezereum var. koreana is 171,152 bp long with four subregions consisting of a large single-copy region (84,963 bp), a small single-copy region (41,725 bp), and a pair of inverted repeats (2739 bp). The genome includes 139 genes (93 protein-coding genes, eight rRNAs, and 38 tRNAs). Phylogenetic analyses show that D. pseudomezereum var. koreana is nested within the Daphne clade in the narrow sense and that it forms a distinct lineage.

Keywords:

• Chloroplast genome
• Daphne pseudomezereum var. koreana
• Korea
• Thymelaeaceae

Ethical approval

The authors declare that there were no ethical or legal violations when obtaining the study materials and performing the research. The species used in this study is not listed on the IUCN Red List, and the sample was legally collected in accordance with guidelines stipulated in national and international regulations. The materials were collected in a location that was not designated as a protected area in Korea. No ethical approval or permission from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Daejeon University was required for this study.

Authors’ contributions

S.C. Yoo, J. Park, and S.H. Oh contributed to the data concept, design, analysis, interpretation, and drafting of this paper. S.C. Yoo contributed to the sampling, laboratory tasks, and writing of an early version of the manuscript. J. Park assembled and analyzed the genomic data and contributed to the writing of a draft of the manuscript. S.H. Oh coordinated the project, obtained financial support, generated the initial ideas, and wrote and edited a draft of the manuscript. All authors agreed on the contents of the manuscript and all are accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The chloroplast genome sequence can be accessed via accession number ON244034 in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA835716, SAMN28108557, and SRR19117239, respectively.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by a Daejeon University research grant [2021].