Melampyrum koreanum K.-J. Kim and S.-M. Yun 2012 (Orobanchaceae) is a hemi-parasitic herb, endemic to Korea. Here, the chloroplast genome of this species is reported. It was found to be 143,865 bp long, with a large single-copy region of 83,133 bp, a small single-copy region of 10,308 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat regions of 25,212 bp each. The chloroplast genome harbors 124 genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 37 transfer RNA genes, and eight ribosomal RNA genes. Among the identified genes, rpoA and several ndh genes were determined to be pseudogenized due to the stop codon in the middle of the gene. The phylogenetic tree of the family was reconstructed based on 20 protein-coding genes, conserved across studied taxa. As a result, Melampyrum L. 1753 species were found to form a monophyletic group in the family.
Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Melampyrum; Orobanchaceae; hemi-parasite; phylogenetic analysis.
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