Discrimination of the Genus Leontopodium Species (Gentianales: Asteraceae) Based on RAPD

Abstract

Korean L. leiolepis of the genus Leontopodium could be discriminate from the foreign L. alpinum using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Among the 12 URP markers used for the detection, the URP-5 marker and the URP-7 marker detected polymorphic DNA bands, ranging from 400-1000 bp in the size of amplified DNA fragments.

A taxonomic review of Korean <i>Leontopodium</i> R. Br. ex Cassini (Asteraceae)

“…Indeed, except for revisions by Lee et al (1985), most previous work with Korean Leontopodium (e.g., Chung, 1956;Lee, 1980;Kim, 2007) since Nakai's declarations (1917Nakai's declarations ( , 1920 relied upon only simple descriptions of the regional flora. Although karyological and molecular studies have also been conducted for Korean Leontopodium (Lee et al, 2010(Lee et al, , 2011Jeon et al, 2015), its taxonomic treatment is still controversial.…”