[Study on circumscription of medicinal licorice species based on molecular biology].
OBJECTIVE
Elucidate the medicinal licorice species circumscription in order to develop licorice resources in China and select new cultivars.


METHODS
PCR amplification, DNA sequencing and cladistic analysis.


RESULTS
Acquire the ITS sequences and phylogenetic tree of 8 licorice species.


CONCLUSIONS
According to results Glycyrrhiza eurycarpa and G. glabra var. glandulosa should be combined into G. and G. glabra respectively and G. egladulosa is an independent species.
School of Pharmacology, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Chun-sheng
CS
Liu
Peng-yi
PY
Wang
Wen-quan
WQ
Wang
D001483:Base Sequence; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics*; D006035:Glycyrrhiza / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D029882:Glycyrrhiza uralensis / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010598:Pharmacognosy; D010802:Phylogeny; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
D018744:DNA, Plant; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer