Chloroplast Genome and Its Application in Phylogenetic Studies of Lauraceae
Lauraceae is a large group of woody plants in Angiosperms,which is a relatively ancient group and is integrated with light industry,food,materials,medicine and ornamental,and occupies an important position in the history of forestry and landscape architecture in China.Phylogenetic studies of plants can clarify the relationship between species,excavate their common ancestors and their differentiation and evolution paths in the evolutionary process,and reveal the diversity of biological populations and species,as well as their distribution in geography and time.Based on the overview of the chloroplast genome and the chloroplast genome of Lauraceae,the advances on phylogenetic reserch of Lauraceae plants is reviewed in this paper,in order to provide theoretical guidance for the related studies of Lauraceae plants.