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Acer catalpifolium is a rare and endangered species in southwestern China. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome sequence of A. catalpifolium was characterized by de novo assembly using high-throughput sequencing. The length of the whole chloroplast genome was 156,225 bp, containing a large single copy region (LSC) of 85,976 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 18,066 bp, which were separated by a pair of 26,092 bp inverted repeat regions (IRs). The sequence contained 135 unique genes, including 40 tRNA, eight rRNA, and 87 protein-coding genes. The overall GC content of the chloroplast genome is 37.9% and those in the LSC, SSC, and IR regions are 36.1%, 32.2%, and 42.9%, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis based on reported chloroplast sequences of Sapindaceae showed that A. catalpifolium is sister to A. miaotaiense, and the genera of Acer and Dipteronia are …