A new variety of the genus Panax from southern Yunnan, China and its nucleotide sequences of 18S ribosomal RNA gene and matK gene

Journal of Japanese Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-94

  Zhu, Shu ^a,b   Fushimi, Hirotoshi ^a   Cai, Shaoqing ^b   Chen, Hubiao ^b   Komatsu, Katsuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Chromosome number; MatK gene; New variety; Panax vietnamensis var. fuscidiscus; Phylogenetic relationship

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; PANAX; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX VIETNAMENSIS; PANAX VIETNAMENSIS VAR. FUSCIDISCUS;

EID: 0038671969     PISSN: 00222062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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