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DNA barcoding discriminates the noxious invasive plant species, floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoidesL.f.), from non-invasive relatives
- Source :
- Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (2009) 4, Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(4), 1086-1091
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2009.
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Abstract
- Floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f.), a member of the plant family Araliaceae originating from North America, is an example of an invasive aquatic species posing serious problems to the management of waterways outside of its original distribution area in Australia and Western Europe. As a consequence, its import was banned in the Netherlands. It can be difficult to distinguish H. ranunculoides from other species of the genus on a morphological basis. In this regard, DNA barcoding may become a good alternative once this could be performed on a routine basis. In this study, we show that it is possible to distinguish H. ranunculoides from a series of closely related congeners by using a single plastid DNA sequence, trnH-psbA.
- Subjects :
- biology
biology.organism_classification
DNA barcoding
Biosystematiek
Invasive species
DNA sequencing
PRI Biodiversity and Breeding
DNA profiling
PRI Biodiversiteit en Veredeling
Genus
Aquatic plant
Botany
Genetics
Biosystematics
Hydrocotyle
genetics
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
land plants
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Biotechnology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17550998 and 1755098X
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Molecular Ecology Resources
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f968318144363303bf523669a615c89a