Authentication of three related herbal species (Curcuma) by DNA barcoding

作者:Deng, Jia-bin; Ding, Chun-bang; Zhang, Li; Yang, Rui-wu*; Zhou, Yong-hong
来源:Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 2011, 5(28): 6401-6406.
DOI:10.5897/JMPR11.432

摘要

The psbA-trnH intergenic region was studied for authenticating Curcuma longa and its two related species (Curcuma sichuanensis and Curcuma chuanhuangjiang). The sequences were analyzed by means of Neighbor-Joining to improve the phylogenetic resolution of these three Curcuma species. The genetic diversity of these three species is 0.009 to 0.014 (< 0.05). The results show that partial population specimens of C. sichuanensis originate from the cultivated mutation of C. longa; and retain the C. chuanhuangjiang as an individual species. The differentiation is engendered between the wildness and cultivated specimens within C. longa species.

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