Species diversity of ex-situ cultivated Chinese medicinal plants.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20180109.003
- Author:
Ling QUE
1
;
Xiu-Lian CHI
1
;
Chun-Xin ZANG
2
;
Yu ZHANG
3
;
Min CHEN
1
;
Guang YANG
1
;
An-Qi JIN
1
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
2. Biodiversity Research Center, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
3. Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taiyuan 030619, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
databases of medicinal plants;
ex-situ cultibation;
medicinal plant;
scientific name calibration
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2018;43(5):1071-1076
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Ex-situ conservation is an important means to protect biological genetic resources. Resource protection has received more and more attention with the continuous improvement of the comprehensive utilization of traditional Chinese medicine resources. In this paper, the research and compilation of the species list of ex-situ cultivated medicinal plants in 12 Chinese Academy of Sciences botanic gardens and 19 specialized medicinal botanic gardens in China were carried out. Based on the Species 2000(2017) and other classification databases, species diversity of medicinal plants ex-situ cultivated in these botanical gardens were analyzed. The study found that there were 16 351 higher plant species in our country, belonging to 276 families and 1 936 genera. Of these, 6 949 specieswere medicinal plants, accounting for 50.4% of the total medicinal plants. There were 1 280 medicinal plants were in threatened status, accounting for 19.6% of all threatened species in the Chinese Biodiversity Red List, with ex-situ cultivated proportion of 59.5%. And 3 988 medicinal plants were Chinese endemic species, accounting for 22.5% of all Chinese endemic species, with ex-situ cultivated proportion of 53.3%. This article has reference significance for the management and protection of medicinal plant resources.
