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The genus Hosta , which has a native distribution in temperate East Asia and a number of species ranging from 23 to 40, represents a taxonomically important and ornamentally popular plant. Despite its taxonomic and horticultural importance, the genus Hosta has remained taxonomically challenging owing to insufficient diagnostic features, continuous morphological variation, and the process of hybridization and introgression, making species circumscription and phylogenetic inference difficult. In this study, we sequenced 11 accessions of Hosta plastomes, including members of three geographically defined subgenera, Hosta , Bryocles , and Giboshi , determined the characteristics of plastomes, and inferred their phylogenetic relationships. We found highly conserved plastomes among the three subgenera, identified several mutation hotspots that can be used as barcodes, and revealed the patterns of codon usage bias and RNA editing sites. Five positively selected plastome genes ( rbcL , rpoB , rpoC2, rpl16, and rpl20 ) were identified. Phylogenetic analysis suggested (1) the earliest divergence of subg. Hosta , (2) non-monophyly of subg. Bryocles and its two sections ( Lamellatae and Stoloniferae ), (3) a sister relationship between H. sieboldiana (subg. Giboshi ) and H. ventricosa (subg. Bryocles ), and (4) reciprocally monophyletic and divergent lineages of H. capitata in Korea and Japan, requiring further studies of their taxonomic distinction.

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Plastome Characterization and Phylogenomic Analysis Yield New Insights into the Evolutionary Relationships among the Species of the Subgenus Bryocles (Hosta; Asparagaceae) in East Asia