ABSTRACT
The study mainly describes the research progress of domestic identification of similar Chinese medicinal plants and the research progress of foreign identification of similar plants, placing emphasis on the principle, merits and defects of new technology and methods including plant biotechnology, spectral identification technology and computer vision technology. With the continuous update of science and technology, the accuracy of identification of similar Chinese herbal medicine plants has been improved, and the rapid progress of identification of Chinese herbal medicine plants has been promoted. The paper mainly elaborated the latest development of plant identification technology of similar Chinese herbal medicines in depth, so as to summarize the principle and characteristics of the new technology and forecast the future prospect.