Phylogenomics and barcoding of Panax: toward the identification of ginseng species
Abstract Background The economic value of ginseng in the global medicinal plant trade is estimated to be in excess of US$2.1 billion. At the same time, the evolutionary placement of ginseng (Panax ginseng) and the complex evolutionary history of the genus is poorly understood despite several molecul...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-04-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1160-y |