Title: The Role of Chinese Botanical Gardens in Conservation of Medicinal Plants
Abstract:What is the significance of medicinal plants in botanical gardens? “Historically, medicinal plant collections are the cradle of botanical gardens”. The plant kingdom is one of the main living requirem...What is the significance of medicinal plants in botanical gardens? “Historically, medicinal plant collections are the cradle of botanical gardens”. The plant kingdom is one of the main living requirements for human beings. Because plants are the source of food and medicine, mankind has focussed their attention on plants and their uses. Considering that the main food crops consist of only about 20 species, the utilization of medicinal plants is certainly very important to mankind both as a resource and in recognizing the significance of the diversity of plants. There are several thousand species of medicinal plants that have been used by mankind and each of them has their own function. Furthermore during the early history of mankind medicinal plants were mainly wild ones so we find a very close relationship between the development of botany and the science of medicinal plants. The celebrated botanist Linneaus was a medical doctor who was knowledgeable on medicinal plants and it led to his life-long study of plants.Read More
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-07-26
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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