The complete chloroplast genome sequence of <i>Camellia atrothea</i> (Ericales: Theaceae)

<i>Camellia atrothea</i> H.T. Chang, H.S. Wang &amp; B.H. Chen 1983 is a native <i>Camellia</i> species in China, which has significant economic and breeding values. Here, we assembled and analyzed the complete chloroplast genome sequence of <i>C. atrothea</i> based on the whole genome sequencing data from Illumina NovaSeq6000 platform. Results show that the complete chloroplast genome of <i>C. atrothea</i> is 157,099 bp in length, and comprises a large single-copy (LSC, 86,643 bp) region, a small single-copy (SSC, 18,276 bp) region, and a pair of inverted repeats (IRs, 26,090 bp) region. Annotation of the <i>C. atrothea</i> chloroplast genome predicts a total of 133 genes, including 88 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content accounts for 37.30% of the genome, which is clearly consistent with that of other previously published <i>Camellia</i> species from section <i>Thea</i>. Phylogenetic analyses of the whole chloroplast genome sequences of 14 <i>Camellia</i> species using <i>Actinidia chinensis</i> as outgroup reveals that <i>C. atrothea</i> has a close relationship with <i>C. leptophylla</i>.