Abstract
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Lespedeza buergeri is presented in this report. It is 149,065 bp in length and divided into four distinct regions: a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,934 bp, a large single copy (LSC) region of 82,476 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat regions of 23,826 bp. The annotation of the L. buergeri complete chloroplast genome predicted a total of 123 genes (77 protein-coding genes, 38 transfer RNA genes, and 8 ribosomal RNA genes). Phylogenetic analysis with the reported chloroplast genomes revealed that L. buergeri is nested in the genus Lespedeza of Fabaceae family. Furthermore, L. buergeri exhibited a close relationship with Lespedeza bicolor and Lespedeza cuneata. This results in this study might contribute to further investigating the evolutionary relationship of family Fabaceae.