Litsea coreana
var.
lanuginose
is a perennial, indeciduous, and broad-leaved tree used as an essential medicinal and edible plant. In addition, this species is well-known for its leaves are rich in aromatic oil. In this study, we firstly assembled and characterized the complete chloroplast genome of
L. coreana
var.
lanuginose
using Illumina pair-end sequencing and performed a phylogenetic analysis with other 13 species in Lauraceae. The results revealed that its chloroplast genome was 152,859 bp in total length with 39% of GC content, containing a pair of inverted repeats of 20,084 bp (IRA and IRB), separated by a large single-copy (LSC) region of 93,795 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,896 bp. The plastid genome of
L. coreana
var.
lanuginose
encoded 125 genes, including 81 protein-coding genes, 36 transfer RNA (tRNA), and eight ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. The phylogenetic analysis suggested that
L. coreana
var.
lanuginose
was closely related to the clade of
Litsea monopetala
,
Litsea garrettii
, and
Litsea elongate
in Lauraceae family.
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