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Plant families used for medicinal purposes in the study area in Southern Ecuador |
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| Number of species |
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| % |
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| ASTERACEAE |
32 |
15 |
| EUPHORBIACEAE |
11 |
5.1 |
| LAMIACEAE |
11 |
5.1 |
| SOLANACEAE |
11 |
5.1 |
| APIACEAE |
9 |
4.2 |
| FABACEAE |
9 |
4.2 |
| LYCOPODIACEAE |
9 |
4.2 |
| AMARANTHACEAE |
8 |
3.75 |
| URTICACEAE |
7 |
3.25 |
| POACEAE |
6 |
2.8 |
| PIPERACEAE |
5 |
2.35 |
| VALERIANACEAE |
5 |
2.35 |
| GERANIACEAE |
4 |
1.85 |
| BROMELIACEAE |
3 |
1.4 |
| CACTACEAE |
3 |
1.4 |
| ERICACEAE |
3 |
1.4 |
| LAURACEAE |
3 |
1.4 |
| LYTHRACEAE |
3 |
1.4 |
| ORCHIDACEAE |
3 |
1.4 |
| ACANTHACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| APOCYNACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| BORAGINACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| BRASSICACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| GENTIANACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| MALVACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| MYRTACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| ONAGRACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| PAPAVERACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| PLANTAGINACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| PROTEACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| ROSACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| RUTACEAE |
2 |
0.93 |
| ACTINIDIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| ADIANTACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| AGAVACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| ANACARDIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| ANNONACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| AQUIFOLIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| ARECACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| ASCLEPIADACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| ASPHODELACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| BASELLACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| BIGNONIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| BOMBACACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| BURSERACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| CAMPANULACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| CANNACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| CAPRIFOLIAEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| CELASTRACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| CHENOPODIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| CYPERACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| EQUISETACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| IRIDACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| LICHENES |
1 |
0.46 |
| LILIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| LOGANIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| LORANTHACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| MIMOSACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| MYRISTICACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| NYCTAGINACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| OXALIDACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| PASSIFLORACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| POLEMONIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| POLYGONACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| POLYPODIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| PORTULACACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| PUNICACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| RUBIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| SALICACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| SAPINDACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| SCROPHULARIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| SELAGINELLACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| TILIACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
| VERBENACEAE |
1 |
0.45 |
| ZINGIBERACEAE |
1 |
0.46 |
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| TOTAL |
215 |
99.97 |
Bussmann and Sharon Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2006 2:44 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-44 |
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