International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278-3202 7 12 2018 12 10 Molecular phylogeny and authentication of selected meliaceae members based on chloroplast rbcL sequencing studies 38 41 EN Pahari Priti Ranjan 1 PG Department of Zoology, Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, 721636, India Das Mitali 2 PG Department of Zoology, Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, 721636, India Bhattacharya Tanmay 3 Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, 721102, India Kaur Sundeep 1 Department of Microbiology, Dolphin (PG) College of Science and Agriculture, Chunni Kalan-140307, Punjab, India . Sonam 2 Department of Microbiology, Dolphin (PG) College of Science and Agriculture, Chunni Kalan-140307, Punjab, India Kaur Pardeep 3 Department of Microbiology, Dolphin (PG) College of Science and Agriculture, Chunni Kalan-140307, Punjab, India Pradeep G. 1 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India Mendem S.K. 2 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India Math G.C. 3 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India Shivannavar C.T. 4 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India Gaddad S.M. 5 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India Kimsing Abprez Thungwon 1 Ecology and Wildlife Biology Unit, Department of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh-791112, Arunachal Pradesh, India Zongsam Rengnong 2 Ecology and Wildlife Biology Unit, Department of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh-791112, Arunachal Pradesh, India Mize Daniel 3 Ecology and Wildlife Biology Unit, Department of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh-791112, Arunachal Pradesh, India W.S.R. Fonseka 1 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka M.M. Mahusoon 2 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka K. Narmhikaa 3 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka Pankaj Kalita 1 Department of Chemistry, Arya Vidyapeeth College, Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati, Assam, India E. Jebarubi 1 Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti 627 012, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India S. Christopher Patrick Kiladi 2 Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti 627 012, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India T. Leon Stephan Raj 3 Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti 627 012, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India > Short Communication 2018 8 16 2018 12 10 Plants are used as a source of medicine in Traditional Medicinal Systems in India from time immemorial. The demand in medicinal plants leads to the adulteration in pharmaceutical industries. Low grade materials replaced with original one and most of the medicinal plants are sold as root, powder, leaf, fruit or stem, it leads to problem in plant identification. In the present investigation molecular phylogenetic analysis and authentication of medicinal plants Cipadessa baccifera and Melia azedarach belonging to the family Meliaceace was carried out using rbcL sequencing studies. The rbcL sequencing of the selected plants analysed with BLAST for similar sequence studies and the alignment was done with T-coffee software. The phylogenetic relationship between the species was constructed by MEGA software. BLAST results indicated the number of similar sequences present in the Genbank repository. The phylogenetic tree represented the degree of similarity and variation with other species and other accessions of same species. The result of the study was useful for the authentication of selected meliaceae members. The phylogenetic tree showed their relationship with other meliaceae members. Copyright@ International Science Community Association