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Objective: To obtain the structural characteristics and phylogentic relationships of the chloroplast genome in Araliaceae species. Methods: we used 20 chloroplast genomes which have sequenced as materials, they were from 20 species belonging to 10 genus of Araliaceae. Analysis the differences of genomes and the dilation or shrink of four boundaries for IR, we used MEGA 4.0 to build the phylogenetic tree with Angelica gigas of sibling species as the outgroup and analysis their phylogentic relationships. Results: There was a small difference among the chloroplast genomes size, and the largest difference is 1 909 bp. All of species had existed gene replacements, cemA replaced ycf10, and number of genes existed some differences, they were mainly caused by tRNA. The four boundaries of IR was relatively conservative, only Panax vietnamensi, Panax notoginseng and Schefflera delavayi were special, their boundary genes were in IR. All nodes of the phylogenetic tree of Araliaceae which was based on Angelica gigas were of high supports, and the tree had good resolution to reflect the genetic relationships among Araliaceae. Conclusion: Chloroplast genomes have a lot of information, it can be used to analysis phylogeny among the species which are affinity or faster evolution.