Open AccessIdentification of medical plants of 24 Ardisia species from China using the matK genetic marker
Author(s) -
Yimei Liu,
Ke Wang,
Zhen Liu,
Keming Luo,
Shilin Chen,
Keli Chen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.117829
Subject(s) - dna barcoding , biology , internal transcribed spacer , genus , botany , genetic divergence , polymerase chain reaction , phylogenetic tree , dna sequencing , evolutionary biology , molecular marker , interspecific competition , genetic marker , barcode , dna , gene , genetics , genetic diversity , population , demography , sociology , computer science , operating system
Ardisia is a group of famous herbs in China, which has been used as medical plants for more than 900 years. However, the species from the genus are so analogous that it is difficult to discriminate them just by morphological characteristics. DNA barcoding is a new technique that uses a short and standard fragment of DNA sequences to identify species.