Integrative morphological, phytochemical, and molecular identification of three invasive and medicinal Reynoutria species.

ABSTRACT: The three highly invasive Reynoutria species - R. japonica Houtt., Reynoutria sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Nakai, and a hybrid of them - R. x bohemica J. Chrtek & A. Chrtková are rich sources of biologically active compounds. However, only R. japonica is accepted as an herbal drug source in the pharmacopeias as Polygoni cuspidati rhizoma et radix, while R. sachalinensis is used in folk phytotherapy. The hybrid species can be misidentified as R. japonica due to its morphological resemblance. This study intended to explore genetic identity, diversity, and population structure using sequence-related amplified polymorphisms (SRAP) and start codon targeted (SCoT) markers correlated with morphological characteristics and metabolic profiles in fifteen accessions of Reynoutria species from invasive p

SUBMITTER: Stafiniak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836466 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature