SHEN Liang
National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials of Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193;National Natural History Museum of China, Beijing 100050ZHANG Piao
National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials of Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193XU Rong
National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials of Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193TAN Shixin
National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials of Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193ZHU Jun
National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials of Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193;Xinjiang Institute of Chinese and Ethnic Medicine, Urumqi 830002LI Xiaojin
Xinjiang Institute of Chinese and Ethnic Medicine, Urumqi 830002LIU Yongping
Institutes of Afforestation and Desertification Control, Xinjiang Academy of Forestry, Urumqi 830092;National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials of Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193CHEN Jun
National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials of Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193;National Natural History Museum of China, Beijing 100050;Xinjiang Institute of Chinese and Ethnic Medicine, Urumqi 830002;Institutes of Afforestation and Desertification Control, Xinjiang Academy of Forestry, Urumqi 8300921.National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials of Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193;2.National Natural History Museum of China, Beijing 100050;3.Xinjiang Institute of Chinese and Ethnic Medicine, Urumqi 830002;4.Institutes of Afforestation and Desertification Control, Xinjiang Academy of Forestry, Urumqi 830092
Foundation projects: Autonomous Region "Three Rural Issue" Key Personnel Training Project (2022SNGGGCC032);General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (82274051);Xinjiang Union Funds of National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1403224);Beijing Academy of Science and Technology Budding Talent Program (BGS202111);Financial Projects of Beijing
Cistanche salsa (C. A. Mey.) G. Beck is a parasitic herb of the genus Cistanche in the family Orobanchaceae, which has the largest number of host plant species identified. It is a traditional Chinese medicine commonly used in northwest China. To clarify the distribution of C. salsa resources and the identify host plants, 66 samples of C. salsa with parasitic roots were analyzed using DNA barcoding and morphological characters. The results indicated that C. salsa was widely distributed in regions of Xinjiang and Ningxia municipality, at the elevation ranging from 400 to 2000 meters. Specifically, the host plants in Yumin County, Tacheng City, Xinjiang Municipality including Seriphidium compactum (Fisch. ex DC.) Poljakov (Seriphidium genus, Asteraceae) and Atriplex verrucifera Marsch. von Bieb. (Atriplex genus, Amaranthaceae), the host plants in Tacheng County of Tacheng City including Kalidium cuspidatum Ung.-Sternb. (Kalidium genus, Amaranthaceae), A. verrucifera and Krascheninnikovia ceratoides (L.) Gueldenst. (Krascheninnikovia genus, Amaranthaceae), among which A. verrucifera was the dominant host. The host plants in Habahe County, Altay City, Xinjiang Municipality including S. compactum, Krascheninnikovia ewersmanniana (Stschegl. ex Losinsk.) Grubov (Krascheninnikovia genus, Amaranthaceae) and K. ceratoides, the host plants in Jimunai County of Altay City including K. ceratoides and S. compactum. In Yiwu County, Hami City, Xinjiang Municipality, Iljinia regelii (Bunge) Korovin (Iljinia genus, Amaranthaceae) served as the dominant host plant, and the host plants in Barkol County of Hami City including K. cuspidatum. Besides, Suaeda physophora Pall (Suaeda genus, Amaranthaceae) was host plant in the plantation of Jumisar of Changji City in Xinjiang Municipality. Kalidium gracile Fenzl (Kalidium genus, Amaranthaceae) and Sympegma regelii Bunge (Sympegma genus, Amaranthaceae) were both host plants in Yanchi County of Ningxia Wuzhong region, with S. regelii being the dominant host. And S. compactum is a new recorded host plant of C. salsa. Collectively, this study provided scientific basis for protection and breeding of C. salsa and its cultivated host plants in future.