Species and distribution of the medicinal plants peculiar to Guizhou / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To review the species and distribution of the medicinal plants peculiar to Guizhou and provide evidence for application, protection and collection.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Open-air investigation, data collection and specimen identification.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>More than eighty kinds of the medical plants peculiar to Guizhou have been identified.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Guizhou has a diversity of medicinal plants. The area of distribution of most species is restricted and the population is small. Some of the species have higher medicinal and scientific research values.</p>