Medicinal flora and ethnoecological knowledge in the Naran Valley, Western Himalaya, Pakistan.
Medicinal flora and ethnoecological knowledge in the Naran Valley, Western Himalaya, Pakistan.
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DOI：
10.1186/1746-4269-9-4
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发表时间：
2013-01-10
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Harper DM
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作者：
Khan SM;Page S;Ahmad H;Shaheen H;Ullah Z;Ahmad M;Harper DM
世界各地的山区生态系统支持高度的生物多样性，并为全球约12%的人口提供家园和服务，他们利用传统的生态知识来利用当地的自然资源。喜马拉雅山脉是世界上最年轻、最高和最大的山脉，支持着高度的植物生物多样性。在喜马拉雅山的这个偏远山区，人们依靠当地的植物资源来提供一系列商品和服务，包括放牧牲畜和为自己提供药品。由于地理位置偏远、气候恶劣、地形地貌复杂，该地区许多地区的植物多样性、植物物种分布和植被生态系统服务功能仍然鲜为人知。巴基斯坦西北部的纳兰山谷就是这样的山谷之一，它位于西喜马拉雅山脉边缘，地理位置独特，西临兴都库什山脉，北靠喀喇昆仑山脉。它还位于气候和地质分界线上，这进一步增加了它的植物学兴趣。在本项目中，在沿着60公里长的长谷的12个主要地点采访了120名线人。本文着重于利用当地社区的传统知识对当地社区重视的药用植物物种进行评估。结果表明，共有52科101种（占总植物数的51.5%）被用于97种主要的治疗用途。用药用植物治愈的疾病中，消化系统疾病的治愈率最高（32.76%），其次是呼吸系统和泌尿系统疾病（分别为13.72%和9.13%）。与血液循环、生殖系统和皮肤有关的疾病分别占7.37%、7.04%和7.03%。结果还表明，54%的配方中使用了整株植物，其次是根茎（21%），果实（9.5%）和根（5.5%）。我们的研究结果展示了植被提供的生态系统服务的范围，并评估了植物的利用将如何影响未来的资源可持续性。这项研究不仅有助于提高对西喜马拉雅人民传统民族生态知识的理解，而且还确定了当地和区域植物保护战略在物种和栖息地层面的优先事项。
Mountain ecosystems all over the world support a high biological diversity and provide home and services to some 12% of the global human population, who use their traditional ecological knowledge to utilise local natural resources. The Himalayas are the world's youngest, highest and largest mountain range and support a high plant biodiversity. In this remote mountainous region of the Himalaya, people depend upon local plant resources to supply a range of goods and services, including grazing for livestock and medicinal supplies for themselves. Due to their remote location, harsh climate, rough terrain and topography, many areas within this region still remain poorly known for its floristic diversity, plant species distribution and vegetation ecosystem service. The Naran valley in the north-western Pakistan is among such valleys and occupies a distinctive geographical location on the edge of the Western Himalaya range, close to the Hindu Kush range to the west and the Karakorum Mountains to the north. It is also located on climatic and geological divides, which further add to its botanical interest. In the present project 120 informants were interviewed at 12 main localities along the 60 km long valley. This paper focuses on assessment of medicinal plant species valued by local communities using their traditional knowledge. Results revealed that 101 species belonging to 52 families (51.5% of the total plants) were used for 97 prominent therapeutic purposes. The largest number of ailments cured with medicinal plants were associated with the digestive system (32.76% responses) followed by those associated with the respiratory and urinary systems (13.72% and 9.13% respectively). The ailments associated with the blood circulatory and reproductive systems and the skin were 7.37%, 7.04% and 7.03%, respectively. The results also indicate that whole plants were used in 54% of recipes followed by rhizomes (21%), fruits (9.5%) and roots (5.5%). Our findings demonstrate the range of ecosystem services that are provided by the vegetation and assess how utilisation of plants will impact on future resource sustainability. The study not only contributes to an improved understanding of traditional ethno-ecological knowledge amongst the peoples of the Western Himalaya but also identifies priorities at species and habitat level for local and regional plant conservation strategies.
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影响因子：
3.6
作者：
Bussmann RW;Sharon D
通讯作者：
Sharon D
影响因子：
7
作者：
de Groot, RS;Wilson, MA;Boumans, RMJ
通讯作者：
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影响因子：
1.6
作者：
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通讯作者：
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影响因子：
4.9
作者：
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通讯作者：
Stockli, Lisa
DOI：
10.3923/pjbs.2007.1743.1746
发表时间：
2007-05-15
期刊：
Pakistan journal of biological sciences : PJBS
影响因子：
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作者：
Khan, Shujaul Mulk;Ahmad, Habib;Jan, Mian Mohib
通讯作者：
Jan, Mian Mohib