[The utility of trnH-psbA gene for phylogenetic analysis of Huperziaceae and plant barcoding].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of study was to discover the phylogenetic relations and plant barcoding of 17 plants from Huperziaceae.


METHODS
Phylogenetic tree of chloroplast trnH-psbA gene of 17 plants from Huperziaceae was constructed by software.


RESULTS
It showed that Huperziaceae could be divided into two genera Huperzia and Phlegmariurus and bootstrap value reached 91%.


CONCLUSIONS
Holub and Qing' taxonomy was supported and 17 species in Huperziaceae were monophyletic groups and it suggested that trnH-psbA could be used as a DNA barcode to identify plants.
Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Hao
H
Shao
Li
L
Zhang
Hui-Fang
HF
Lv
Ji-Yan
JY
Zhou
Zhi-Bi
ZB
Hu
Wan-Kui
WK
Li
D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics*; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods; D017343:Genes, Plant; D032501:Huperzia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant