A checklist of the orders and families of medicinal plants in the Philippines

Issue Date

1-2017

Abstract

A checklist of the orders and families of Philippine medicinal plants is prepared to provide an up-to-date reference for students, teachers, and researchers alike. The accepted names, families, and orders in this checklist follow the recent classification of angiosperms largely based on DNA sequence data by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Available and comprehensive references on Philippine medicinal plants were used to come up with the checklist. These was complemented and updated by online resources retrieved from search engines like Google Scholar and Science Direct. The authors likewise included an alphabetical listing of older and conserved family names. results indicated a total off 48 orders out of the world total of 64 (75%) and 182 families of the world's 416 (44%) which were classified according to the APG groupings (Magnoliids, Asterids Commelinids, fabids, Malvids, Lamiids, and Campanulids) and further organized into subclasses and classes of the presently used Cronquist system (Magnoliidae, Liliidae, Commelinidae, Rosidae, and Asteridae) for convenience and practical use. Moreover, the list recorded 1008 medicinal plant species and the common diseases each species is utilized for. The checklist does not only prove the rich medicinal flora of the Philippines but as well as the extensive knowledge of the local "herbolarios". Thus, its proper documentation and promotion is imperative to maximize its potential in contributing to the country's health sector.

Source or Periodical Title

Sylvatrop: the technical journal of Philippine Ecosystems and Natural Resources

ISSN

0115-0022

Volume

27

Issue

1

Page

39-83

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Physical Description

illustrations

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

MEDICINAL PLANTS; ANGIOSPERM; PLANTS; CLASSIFICATION; TAXONOMY; PHILIPPINES

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