Chloroplast genome characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus (Scrophulariaceae)

Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus 1753 is a herbaceous perennial medicinal plant of the family Scrophulariaceae, native throughout eastern and central North America. In this study, the first complete chloroplast genome of S. marilandica was reported and phylogenetic analysis was conducted with other 11 species from Scrophulariaceae. The chloroplast genome was 152,414 bp with 132 genes and includes a large single-copy (LSC) region (83,583 bp), a small single-copy (SSC) region (17,925 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat (IRs) regions (25,453 bp). The chloroplast genome reported here will be beneficial for its interspecific identification and evolutionary studies of Scrophularia.