Yanthan Mhathung, Biate David, Misra Arvind K
Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, Meghalaya, India.
Funct Plant Biol. 2011 Sep;38(9):738-746. doi: 10.1071/FP10248.
Three different morphological variants of genus Myrica L. (Myricaceae) are found in Meghalaya, India. There is a dispute regarding their classification. Some authors treat them as two separate species (Myrica nagi Thunb. and Myrica esculenta Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) whereas others feel that M. nagi and M. esculenta are synonyms. In an effort to resolve this dispute, we investigated the nuclear rRNA genes segment of DNA of these variants utilising the amplicon restriction patterns, nucleotide sequences and secondary folding of the 5.8S rRNA. It is proposed that M. nagi and M. esculenta be treated as two separate species.
在印度梅加拉亚邦发现了杨梅属（杨梅科）的三种不同形态变种。关于它们的分类存在争议。一些作者将它们视为两个独立的物种（杨梅和毛杨梅），而另一些人则认为杨梅和毛杨梅是同义词。为了解决这一争议，我们利用扩增子限制性图谱、核苷酸序列和5.8S rRNA的二级折叠，研究了这些变种DNA的核rRNA基因片段。建议将杨梅和毛杨梅视为两个独立的物种。
