The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Camellia yangii D.Wei Zhao (Theaceae), a rare tea plant germplasm

Camellia yangii D.Wei Zhao (Theaceae) is a recently reported new tea plant species from Yunnan, China. In this study, we report and characterize the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of C. yangii. The cp genome of C. yangii is 156,566 bp in length, comprising an 86,233 bp large single-copy region, an 18,255 bp small single-copy region, and a pair of 26,039 bp inverted repeat regions. The genome contains 129 genes, including 36 tRNA, eight rRNA, and 85 protein-coding genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated C. yangii shows closest phylogenetic relationships with C. makuanica, C. kwangsiensis, C. crassicoluma, and C. taliensis.