Diversity of medicinal plant resources in the Lhasa River Reaches,Tibet

Authors Wang Shuli; Luo Jian; Lan Xiaozhong

Journal Lishizhen Medicine and Materia Medica Research , 2013,6:24

Abstract Medicinal plants in the Lhasa River Reaches were studied first in this paper. There were 262 species in 145 genera of 54 families,which accounted for 33. 0%in species、50. 9%in genera and 75%in families of the wild seed plants from Lhasa River Reaches respectively. Quantitative Analysis was taken on 7 aspects such as species,family and genus composition,Genera areal-types,life forms,medicinal parts,efficacy,rare and endangered plants,endemic plants. Meanwhile,some suggestions were proposed on the exploitation and protection of medicinal plants in Lhasa River Reaches,which provided scientific basis for the sustainable utilization of medicinal plants in this area.