Biodiversity Assessment in Tecoma Species Using Micro-morphometric, Phytochemical and Molecular Descriptors Aided by Multivariate Analysis
Journal: Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society
Year: 2022

Abstract. Tecoma genus is a medicinally-valuable member in Bignoniaceae family comprising fourteen defectively-demarcated species with overlapping vegetative characters. Our study aimed to explore the micro-morphometric, phytochemical and genetic diversity among eight cultivated Tecoma plants. The variabilities existing in three data matrices derived from micro-morphometric features of powdered leaves, high performance liquid chromatographic fingerprints and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAP