Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Volume 23
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- Pages.19-31
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- 2005
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- 2287-271X(pISSN)
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- 2288-0356(eISSN)
Medicinal Plants in Ulleung Island, Korea
울릉도의 약용식물
- Lee, Jung-Hyo (Dept. Forestry, Kyungpook National University) ;
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Hong, Sung-Cheon
(Dept. Forestry, Kyungpook National University)
- Published : 2005.12.31
Abstract
This study was carried out in order to provide the basic information for the development of medicinal plants in Ulleung island, Korea. This area had very rich and diverse flora; 495 taxa with l05 familes, 231 genera, 418 species, 1 subspeies, 63 varieties and 13 forms. The 94 medicinal plants were distributed in Ulleung. They were composed of 10 endemic species, 22 rare species and 62 economic species respectively.