The complete chloroplast genome of the aromatic tree species Cinnamomum tenuipile Kosterm (Lauraceae).

Cinnamomum tenuipile Kosterm is a precious aromatic tree in Lauraceae. To better determine its phylogenetic location with other Cinnamomum species, the chloroplast genome of C. tenuipile was sequenced. The complete chloroplast genome size is 152,761 bp, consisting of a pair of inverted repeats (IRa/b) with a length of 20,074 bp separated by a large single-copy region (LSC) and a small single-copy region (SSC) which are 93,685 and 18,928 bp, respectively. The overall GC content of the cp genome is 39.16%. The maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree showed that C. tenuipile is more closely related to C. aromaticum , providing new insight into the evolution of Lauraceae.