title: [Study on Camellia Sect. Chrysantha Chang species identification by FTIR technology].
abstract: FTIR spectra from 16 kinds of Camellia Sect. Chrysantha by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) method combined with the system clustering and correlation coefficient method were used to analyze and compare these spectral data. The results, show that: Camellia Sect. Chrysantha of 16 kinds were divided into three groups, the first kind was: C. longzhouensis etc, in all eleven kinds; The second kind was: C. achrysantha, C. limonia, C. pingguoensis and C. chuongtsoensis; The third kind was C. microcarpa, which for a class alone. According to the difference in related anatomy and morphology, this study supported that C. longgangensis and C. ptilosperma should be incorporated into one kind; C. multipetala, C. longgangensis, C. parvipetala, C. tunghinensis and C. limonia, C. achrysantha, C. microcarpa, C. nitidissima, C. terminali and C. pingguoensis should be divided into separate species. FTIR-cluster analysis can be used as a possible means for the identification of Camellia Sect. Chrysantha.
authors.affiliation: Guangxi Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China. xiaoringring@sina.com
authors.forename: Xiao-Ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Yan-Cai
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Cheng-Zhuo
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Rong-Shao
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: De-Xin
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Shu-Shi
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D028244:Camellia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D013045:Species Specificity; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods*