The complete chloroplast genome and phylogenetic analysis of a rare species <i>Schisandra macrocarpa</i> (Schisandraceae)

<i>Schisandra macrocarpa</i> Lin & Shui, 2011, belongs to the family Schisandraceae and was recently added to the List of National Key Protected Wild Plants in China. We report the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of <i>S. macrocarpa</i> using Illumina Nova-Seq 6000 platform. The results showed that the cp genome size of <i>S. macrocarpa</i> was 144,288 bp, which contained a small single-copy (SSC) region (17,862 bp), a large single-copy (LSC) region (93,332 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (16,547 bp). The cp genome has 40% overall GC content. Annotated genes were 128 in all, including 83 protein-coding genes, eight rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis showed that <i>S. macrocarpa</i> was closely related to <i>S. propinqua</i> subsp<i>. sinensis</i>. This work contributes to the conservation of this species and the evolutionary analysis of Schisandraceae.