Medicinal Plant Factsheets with Conservation Focus

A series of data-rich factsheets on medicinal plant species have been elaborated to support species conservation efforts.

Content

The factsheets are an output of the MAPROW database. Apart from taxonomic and nomenclatural data, the factsheets cover a wide range of information:

  • Distribution
  • Threat assessments & Population status
  • Regeneration & Reproduction
  • Habitat range
  • Legislation & Regulations
  • Utilization
  • Commodities
  • Trade data
  • Common names

Sources of Information

The main body of the factsheet is factual information cited from relevant sources. All information entered is based on scientific literature, including also grey literature and internet sources. The head of the factsheet holds an editor’s summary covering the main conservation focussed aspects.

Species coverage

Presently, some 130 plant taxa in MAPROW are fully researched and have elaborate factsheets. View here for a list of all medicinal plants species with MAPROW factsheet.

The following sample factsheets are available for download:

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by Uwe Schippmann, 9.5.2022