biostudies-literatureWu HNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaYunnan Basic Research ProgramYunnan Agricultural joint Fund-key project857https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11396758biostudies-literatureUnknown25(1)<h4>Background</h4>Asparagus L., widely distributed in the old world is a genus under Asparagaceae, Asparagales. The species of the genus were mainly used as vegetables, traditional medicines as well as ornamental plants. However, the evolution and functions of mitochondrial (Mt) genomes (mitogenomes) remains largely unknown. In this study, the typical herbal medicine A. taliensis and ornamental plant A. setaceus were used to assemble and annotate the mitogenomes, and the resulting mitogenomes were further compared with published mitogenome of A. officinalis for the analysis of their functions in the context of domestication and adaptative evolution.<h4>Results</h4>The mitochondrial genomes of both A. taliensis and A. setaceus were assembled as complete circular ones. The phylogenetic treeBMC genomicsMitogenomes comparison of 3 species of Asparagus L shedding light on their functions due to domestication and adaptative evolution.PMC11396758202305A0350012202101BD070001-02732360089Brown SELi YLiu ZDongchen WLin CWei SWu HMao ZfalseMitogenomes comparison of 3 species of Asparagus L shedding light on their functions due to domestication and adaptative evolution.<h4>Background</h4>Asparagus L., widely distributed in the old world is a genus under Asparagaceae, Asparagales. The species of the genus were mainly used as vegetables, traditional medicines as well as ornamental plants. However, the evolution and functions of mitochondrial (Mt) genomes (mitogenomes) remains largely unknown. In this study, the typical herbal medicine A. taliensis and ornamental plant A. setaceus were used to assemble and annotate the mitogenomes, and the resulting mitogenomes were further compared with published mitogenome of A. officinalis for the analysis of their functions in the context of domestication and adaptative evolution.<h4>Results</h4>The mitochondrial genomes of both A. taliensis and A. setaceus were assembled as complete circular ones. The phylogenetic tree2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Sep2026-06-01T19:26:14.665Z2025-04-21T14:55:46.168ZS-EPMC113967583926698010.1186/s12864-024-10768-3