Survey of Medicinal Plants in the Main US Herbaria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2968972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Flaster Trish, Trish Flaster (Botanical Society of America, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 101 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnobotany Research and Applications (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1547-3465 • E-ISSN: 1547-3465 |
| Publisher | Ilia State University (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17348/era.2.0.101-110 |
| OpenAlex | W1604003527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Plant identification has been waning during the recent ex-pansive study of medicinal plants. This has been partic-ularly true among manufacturers of products being mar-keted for natural heath care sectors. In an attempt to un-derstanding to why basic plant identification is lacking, an inventory of the main US herbaria was completed in 2002. The inventory included plants that are commonly in use for medicinal purposes and those considered as adulter-ants. The results identify the plants found in each herbar-ium collection, access to the collections, and future plans of the herbaria for virtual (computer based) access to the collections. Recommendations are made for usage of vir-tual herbaria and expanded usage of traditional herbaria for identification of plants used in health care
Biology · Geography · Herbarium · Medicinal plants · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Natural Compound Pharmacology Studies · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2017 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |