Chloroplast Phylogenomics and Barcode Discovery in Medicinal Stachys Species Reveal Evolutionary Relationships and Adaptive Signatures
Fatemeh Sadat Ghotbi, Aboozar Soorni · 2026
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Description
The mint-family genus Stachys holds many plants used in folk medicine, but its family tree is hard to pin down from looks alone. Fatemeh Sadat Ghotbi and Aboozar Soorni sequence the full chloroplast genomes of two Iranian species in this 2026 study and compare them with seven relatives.
Most of the genome stays much the same across the genus, while a few short stretches vary a lot and could serve as barcodes to tell species apart. One photosynthesis gene shows signs of positive selection. The full genomes also settle close kinship among three species that single barcode stretches could not resolve, giving medicine makers better tools to check their plant material.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fatemeh Sadat Ghotbi, Aboozar Soorni |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |