USING matK DNA BARCODES TO IDENTIFY SPECIES OF MEDICINAL PLANT Paris poluphylla Sm. IN VIETNAM

Abstract

Differences in DNA barcode sequences of the majority of plants are very clear, so short DNA sequences used as a plant barcode promises to provide an tool to identify species correctly, effectively and can be applied with all kinds of patterns that are not complete and old enough to be defined by morphology. Currently, the matK area is considered one of the standard genetic area in building the correct gene DNA barcoding to identify species and recognized by international organizations barcode (http://www.barcodeoflife.org). In this paper, we present results using the matK gene sequence to determine two samples of Paris poluphylla Sm. Collected in Ha Giang and Lao Cai.