Phylogenetic position of Nigerian species of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) in the Current Infrageneric Classification

Bashir Bolaji Tiamiyu; Azeez Adebola Lateef; Abdulquadri Sagaya; Khadijah Abdulhamid Abdulkareem; Bolaji Umar Olayinka; AbdulAziz  Ayinla; Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi; Sarah Getachew Amenu; Abdullahi Alanamu AbdulRahaman; Oba Toyin Mustapha

doi:10.53704/fujnas.v13i1.463

Authors

Bashir Bolaji Tiamiyu Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Azeez Adebola Lateef Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Abdulquadri Sagaya Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Khadijah Abdulhamid Abdulkareem Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Bolaji Umar Olayinka Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
AbdulAziz Ayinla Department of Biological Sciences, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria
Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Sarah Getachew Amenu Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Professor A.A. AbdulRahaman Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Professor O.T. Mustapha Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53704/fujnas.v13i1.463

Keywords:

Curcuma longa, ITS, psbA-trnH, Sanger sequencing, Zingiberaceae

Abstract

Curcuma longa L. (commonly known as Tumeric) is the only species of the genus Curcuma found in Nigeria. It is of great economic importance to Nigeria, Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world, where it is widely used for ornamental and medicinal purposes, and as spices in food and beverages. However, the phylogenetic placement of the turmeric plant (C. longa) in Nigeria is far from being fully resolved, hence the need for this study. The rhizomes of turmeric were collected at the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo state. Genomic DNA was extracted, followed by the amplification of the ITS and psbA-trnH regions. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted using the Maximum likelihood method. The result resolved the phylogenetic position of Nigerian species and supported existing subgenera classification into three clades, all with high bootstrap support for the three clades. The result of this study supports the subgenera classification of the genus and further reveals the phylogenetic position of C. longa.

Keywords: Curcuma longa, ITS, psbA-trnH, Sanger Sequencing, Zingiberaceae

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