Investigation and Analysis of Medicinal Plant Resources in Guiping City,Guangxi
Objective:To master the background data of medicinal plant resources in Guiping city,so as to provide a decision-mak-ing basis for the rational development and utilization of traditional Chinese medicine resources in this area.Methods:The medicinal plant resources in the city were investigated and analyzed by line transect method,quadrat sampling method and so on.Results:There were 831 species of medicinal plants in Guiping city,belonging to 165 families and 547 genera.Most of them were single species and small families,Legumes and Compositae had obvious advantages.Life forms were mostly herbaceous;The main medicinal parts were whole grass,roots and rhizomes.38 species of medicinal plants were mainly investigated,of which 26 were listed in the 2020 edition of the Chi-nese Pharmacopoeia,and another 12 were characteristic species of Guangxi.Large-scale cultivation of medicinal materials such as Cin-namomum cassia,Illicium verum and Dioscorea polystachya,etc.were both medicinal and edible varieties.There were 20 species of pro-tected medicinal plants.Conclusion:Guiping city has rich medicinal plant resources and a large market circulation of wild medicinal ma-terials.It is suggest to strengthen the planting scale of Chinese medicinal materials,reduce the dependence on wild resources,and take a variety of effective measures to key protect wild medicinal plant resources.
Guiping cityMedicinal plantsSurvey of Chinese medicine resources