Zhang Yanjun, Li Jianqiang, Wang Ying, Liang Qiong
Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden and Public Science, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
Chin Herb Med. 2021 Dec 13;14(1):20-35. doi: 10.1016/j.chmed.2021.12.001. eCollection 2022 Jan.
is a commonly used traditional Chinese herbal medicine. Five species are included in Chinese Pharmacopoeia and most species of are used as in practical application. However, as the largest herbaceous genus of the Berberidaceae, has many taxonomic controversies which hinder the effective use of . This paper reviewed the taxonomic research related to , including taxonomic history, taxonomic values of morphological characters, species and distribution, infra-genera taxonomic system and the taxonomic research of Chinese . For instance, we recognized and clarified that the species, as described in and , actually includes four species similar in leaflet shape. In general, it was recognized here that comprises 62 species, of which 52 species are distributed in China. For Chinese species with the most taxonomic problems, the taxonomic research on the taxa was reviewed and the newest species key was proposed along with proposals for those taxonomic problems needing further resolution. This review is of great implication for the identification, exploration and utilization of .
是一种常用的传统中草药。《中国药典》收录了五种，在实际应用中大多数种类用作 。然而，作为小檗科最大的草本属，存在许多分类学争议，这阻碍了 的有效利用。本文综述了与 相关的分类学研究，包括分类学史、形态特征的分类价值、种类与分布、属下分类系统以及中国 的分类学研究。例如，我们识别并澄清了《 》和《 》中描述的该物种实际上包括四种小叶形状相似的 物种。总体而言，这里认定 包含62个物种，其中52个物种分布在中国。对于分类学问题最多的中国 物种，综述了对这些类群的分类学研究，并提出了最新的物种检索表以及对那些需要进一步解决的分类学问题的建议。本综述对 的鉴定、探索和利用具有重要意义。
