Resources Survey of Medicinal Plants in Chengkou County of Chongqing

VernacularTitle:重庆市城口县药用植物资源调查研究
Author: Xiang LIU ; Benxia YU ; Fujun YIN ; Yongsheng WEI ; Jiyan LU ; Xiangguo GAO ; Chenglun KOU ; Guoyue ZHONG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Che ngk ou County of Chongq ing; Dab a Mountain; medicinal plant; resources survey
From: World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(4):839-844
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The fourth time national survey of Chinese materia medica (CMM) was used. The quadrat survey contained recording on species and amounts of plants, collection of specimens and CMM. The weight of main medicinal plant was measured. The quadrat numbers were calculated on regions, plant species and sea level of samples from different regions. There were 703 species of medicinal plants. The 143 species of main medicinal plants, which occupied to 74.5% in main medicinal plants in Chongqing, belonged to 71 families and 132 genera. There were 128 species of wild main medicinal plants. The 30 species of main medicinal plants were cultivated (including 15 species of both wild and cultivated medicinal plants). Among them, 14 species were in large-scale cultivation. This investigation helped the understanding of present situation of medicinal species distribution in Chengkou County, the habitats of wild medicinal plants, and the resources reserves, which provided references for the continuous development of Chinese herbal medicine resources.