Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Camellia yuhsienensis Hu, a resilient shrub with strong floral fragrance

Camellia yuhsienensisHu is an economically valuable species in the genusCamellia. It is widely used for breeding ornaments and oil varieties. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence ofC. yuhsienensisis assembled and annotated. The whole cp genome ofC. yuhsienensisis 156,912 bp in size, composed of a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,296 bp and a large single copy (LSC) region of 86,560 bp, separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs, IRA: 86,561-112,588; IRB: 130,885-156,912). The overall GC content ofC. yuhsienensiscp genome is 37.3%, with the base content A (31.08%), T (31.63%), C (19.02%), and G (18.27%). The phylogenetic analysis of 15Camelliaspecies based on 77 protein-coding genes shows thatC. yuhsienensisis evolutionarily close toCamellia taliensis.