Survey of medicinal plants in the khuvsgul and khangai mountain regions of Mongolia

Urgamal Magsar, Kherlenchimeg Nyamsuren, Solongo Khadbaatar, Munkh Erdene Tovuudorj, Erdenetuya Baasansuren, Tuvshintogtokh Indree, Khureltsetseg Lkhagvadorj, Ohseok Kwon

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Abstract

We report the species of medicinal plants collected in Khuvsgul and Khangai Mountain regions of Mongolia. Of the vascular plants that occur in the study region, a total of 280 medicinal plant species belonging to 164 genera from 51 families are reported. Of these, we collected voucher specimen for 123 species between June and August in the years 2015 and 2016. The families Asteraceae (46 species), Fabaceae (37 species), and Ranunculaceae (37 species) were represented most in the study area, while Astragalus (21 species), Taraxacum (20 species), and Potentilla (17 species) were the most common genera found.

Original languageEnglish
Article number16
JournalJournal of Ecology and Environment
Volume41
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Apr 2017

Keywords

  • Khuvsgul and Khangai mountains
  • Medicinal plants
  • Mongolia
  • Phytogeographical region

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