Complete chloroplast genome data for and var from China.

() and var. are invasive taxa introduced in the Chinese mainland in the 19th century. has been listed in the list of highly invasive species in China, which has seriously endangered the growth and reproduction of local species. As a poisonous plant, var. , a variant of , will also endanger the safety of animals. We report the complete chloroplast genome sequence of and var. . The chloroplast genome of is 164,450 bp long and the chloroplast genome of var. is 164,445 bp long. Both and var. contain a large single-copy region (LSC) of 89,807 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,728 bp. The overall GC content of the two species is both 37.45%. A total of 84 genes were annotated in the two species, namely 54 protein-coding genes, 29 tRNA genes, and one rRNA gene. The phylogenetic tree based on the chloroplast genome of 22 related species showed that var. is most closely related to , while the latter clade is sister to and . Our data provide a theoretical basis for the molecular identification, genetic relationships, and invasion risk monitoring of and var. .