DNA barcoding, micromorphology and metabolic traits of selected Ficus L. (Moraceae) species from Egypt.

ABSTRACT: The genus Ficus of the family Moraceae, is one of the largest genera of angiosperms, with diverse pharmaceutical applications and biological activities. The traditional approaches based on the morphological traits have been frequently implemented for taxonomical identification of the different taxa of Ficus, however, encompassing these features are quite laborious, due to the dependence of these phenotypic traits on the environmental conditions. So, authenticating the taxonomical identity of the Ficus taxa with molecular barcoding and metabolic profiling, as relatively stable traits, could be a relevant approach for confirming the traditional phenotypic traits of this genus. Nine species of the genus Ficus namely F. amplissima Sm., F. benjamina L. F. binnendijkii, F. drupacea var. pubescen

SUBMITTER: El-Demerdash MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11559249 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature