The invention relates to an identification method for seed
plant species and application. The identification method comprises the following steps that the seed
plant species are selected, ITS2
gene sequences of the seed
plant species are obtained, an evolutionary tree is built based on the ITS2
gene sequences, the multiple pairs of
sibling species are selected in the evolutionary tree, the
genetic distance between each pair of
sibling species is calculated, difference significance testing is conducted on the multiple groups of genetic distances of the species belonging to the same phylum, the genetic distances with non-significant differences are selected, the average value of the genetic distances with the non-significant differences is calculated, and thus the molecule critical value is obtained; and the
genetic distance between the to-be-tested species and the target species is calculated, and the
genetic distance and the molecule critical value of the phylum of the to-be-tested species are compared, so that the species category is determined. According to the identification method for the seed
plant species, only ramification degree comparison needs to be conducted between to-be-tested samples or the suspected specifies and the ITS2
gene sequences of the target species, simpleness, convenience and easy operation are better achieved, accuracy is high, objectivity is high, the situation that the large number of other species in the same
genus are sampled as a reference is not needed, and the high application value is achieved.