The complete chloroplast genome of Prunus japonica thunb.(Rosaceae), an ornamental and medicinal plant

Prunus japonica is an ornamental and medicinal plant that is widely cultivated. The complete chloroplast genome of P. japonica was sequenced using Illumina Hiseq X Ten platform. The chloroplast genome was 158,080 bp in length, containing two short inverted repeat (IRa and IRb) regions of 26,385 bp, which was separated by a large single copy (LSC) region of 86,270 bp and a small single copy (SSC) region of 19,040 bp. The GC content of the whole chloroplast genome was 36.8%. The chloroplast DNA of P. japonica comprised 112 distinct genes, including 78 protein-coding genes, 4 ribosomal RNA genes and 30 transfer RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that all species of Prunus formed a monophyletic group, P. japonica was closely related to P. hulimis.