Pharmacognostic Studies on Jinxianlian Ⅰ. Bencaologic Review, Resource Survey and Taxonomic Identification / 中草药

Result of the present study showed that Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall. )I,indl. is the genuine speciescurrently used as folk medicine, while A, formosanus Hayata. is a different species with the same name ofJinxianlian. trhe distribution and ecological environment of Jinxianlian were described and an index of eightspecies of Anoectochilus Bl. were listed to distinguish their maln eharacteristic differences.