The complete chloroplast genome of (Sapindaceae), a critically endangered maple endemic to China.

is a critically endangered maple confined to the valley of Yalong River in Southwest China. The whole chloroplast genome of was 156,862 bp in length with a typical quadripartite structure, containing a large single-copy (LSC) region of 85,292 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,146 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 26,712 bp separated among them. Totally 137 unique genes were predicted, comprising 89 protein-coding genes, 39 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes (4 rRNA types). The phylogenetic analysis showed that was resolved as sister to the clade containing and This study reported the first complete chloroplast genome sequences of and reconstructed a phylogeny tree based on 16 Sapindaceae species, which may provide new insight into phylogenetic studies of Sapindaceae and further conservation strategies for .