Open AccessEthno-botanical and geo-referenced profiling of medicinal plants of Nawagai Valley, District Buner (Pakistan)
Author(s) -
Shah Zaman,
Karamat Ali,
Wisal Muhammad Khan,
Maroof Ali,
T. Jan,
Mohammad Nisar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
biosystems diversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2520-2529
pISSN - 2519-8513
DOI - 10.15421/011809
Subject(s) - herbarium , khyber pakhtunkhwa , floristics , flora (microbiology) , geography , asteraceae , botanical garden , lamiaceae , botany , plant species , biology , socioeconomics , taxon , genetics , sociology , bacteria
The prime objective of the research was to list the important ethnomedicinal plants of Nawagai village, District Buner. During the survey, 44 plant species from 27 families were observed and collected from the targeted area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Lamiaceae members were the most dominant (54%) followed by members of Asteraceae (30%), Poaceae (18%) and Solanaceae (12%). Relevant information such as field data, GPS coordinates family names, local names, therapeutic uses and plant habits were recorded for each species. For preservation purposes, specimens were mounted on herbarium sheets, and identified with the help of flora of Pakistan, flora of Australia and other relevant floristic records. During this research work all the collected specimens were preserved in the (BG&H, UOM) Botanical Garden and Herbarium, the data were also provided to the Department of Botany, University of Malakand Dir (Lower), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.