There are 8 species and 1 variety of Gynostemma in Anhui, i. e., G. pentaphyllum, G. pallidinerve,G. pubeslens, G. shexianense, G. laxum, G. laxiflorm, G. pentagynum, G. yixingense, G. yixingensevar. trichocarpum. They distribute in mountainous region of Southern Anhui. The region is thesecond richest region for the germplasm resource, and perhaps one of the important centres of thedistribution and differentiation of Gynostemma in China. Peroxidase isozyme analysis of 4 species of berry type showed that iso...