The complete chloroplast genome of Artemisia hallaisanensis Nakai (Asteraceae), an endemic medicinal herb in Korea

Abstract

We determined the complete chloroplast DNA sequence of Artemisia hallaisanensis Nakai, an endemic herbal species distributed on Jeju Island, Korea. The chloroplast DNA is 151,015 bp in length and encodes 4 rRNA, 30 tRNA, and 80 protein-coding genes. Phylogenetic analysis and sequence comparison of protein-coding genes with other Artemisa chloroplast DNAs revealed that the chloroplast genome of A. hallaisanensis is closely related to that of A. capillaris. Additionally, a unique 9 bp deletion in ycf1 gene is specific to A. hallaisanensis.

Keywords

• artemisia hallaisanensis
• endemic
• chloroplast genome
• variation