The complete chloroplast genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of Heritiera fomes Buch.-Ham. (Malvales: Sterculiaceae).

Buch.-Ham. (1800) is a species of mangrove in the family Malvaceae, widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific and listed as 'endangered' (EN) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list. We reported the complete chloroplast genome sequence of The genome was 168,521 bp in length and included two inverted repeats (IRs) of 34,496 bp, separated by a large single-copy (LSC) region of 88,604 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 10,925 bp, respectively. The genome contained 87 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 8 rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. The maximum-likelihood (ML) phylogenetic tree suggested that is closely related to and with relatively high support bootstrap values of 86% and 100% with other species ( and ), suggesting a relatively close genetic relationship between the five plants. The chloroplast genome sequence provided a useful resource for conservation genetics studies of and for phylogenetic studies of .