Endemic plants for medicine use in China.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.2017.0179
- Author:
Gang-Qiang SU
1
;
Hai-Tao LI
2
;
Hui SUN
3
;
Xiao-Bo ZHANG
4
;
Li-Xia ZHANG
2
;
Ya-Jing LI
3
;
Lu-Qi HUANG
4
;
Xiao-Jun MA
5
Author Information
1. Planning and Finance Division, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100026, China.
2. Yunnan Branch, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Jinghong 666100, China.
3. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
4. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medical, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
5. Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chinese endemic plant;
endemic species;
medicinal plant;
plant resource
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2017;42(22):4329-4335
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Based on plant species databases, species lists and literature records, general situation of the Chinese medicinal endemic plant (vascular plant) has been systematically summarized, and its quantity and distribution characteristics of Chinese medicinal endemic plants are presented in this paper. The results showed that 3 150 endemic species are Chinese medicinal plants belonging to 785 genera in 153 families, which includes 38 species of 22 genera in 12 families of pteridophyta, 42 species of 14 genera in7 families of gymnosperms, and 3 070 species of 749 genara in 134 families of angiosperms. The top four families involving medicinal endemic species are Asteraceae (218 species), Ranunculaceae (182 species), Labiatae (151 species), and Liliaceae (133 species). The top four provincial administration distributed medicinal endemic species are Sichuan (1 568 species), Yunnan (1 533 species), Guizhou (955 species) and Hubei (930 species).On the regional scale, the most abundant one is the southwest region (2 465 species), followed by the central region (1 226 species) and the northwest region (949 species). Localization characteristics for domestication and artificial cultivation of medicinal endemic species are more prominent due to their narrower and limited distribution areas, indicating it is possible for these species acting as local potential resource for reasonable economic development.
