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Flora of Tibetan Materia Medica(A)
Analyzing in terms of families and genera, there are 12 families with over 40 species each. Among them, Compositae occupies the first place, with 54 genera and 214 species, followed by Ranunculaceae, 18 genera and 135 species and Leguminsae, 43 genera and 108 species. The next in order are Rosaceae, 27 genera and 111 species; Labiaceae, 27 genera and 78 species; Papaveraceae, seven genera and 74 species; Scrophulaceae, 10 genera and 70 species; Berberiaceae, seven genera and 60 species; Umbelliferae, 28 genera and 55 species; Gentianaceae, nine genera and 55 species; Polygonaceae, five genera and 53 species; Cruciferae, 20 genera and 44 species; Saxifragaceae, nine genera and 41 species. Though the species of some families here have only limited distribution, such as Solanaceae, Crussulaceae, Ephedraceae, they are also used as materia medica in Tibetan medicine.

Analyzing in terms of genera, there are 19 genera each embracing over 15 species. Among them, the distribution is given below:
Genera Species
Corydalis 50
Saussurea 37
Ptericularis 32
Berberis 32
Polygonum 28
Gentiana 27
Saxifraga 32
Aconitum 27
Rheum 21
Clematis 18
Thalictrum 18
Rhododendron 17
Allium 23
Swertia 17
Lagotis 16
Rhodiola 15
Rubus 15

When comparing this with that of the old classic Shel gong shel phreng, which includes 836 species (2,293 kinds of materia medica), now there are 2,085 species (some reports have 2,600 species), so that the species have been very much expanded, opening up the second and third tier exploitation.

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