An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea

Koch, Michael; Kehop, Dickson Andrew; Kinminja, Boniface; Sabak, Malcolm; Wavimbukie, Graham; Barrows, Katherine M.; Matainaho, Teatulohi K.; Barrows, Louis R.; Rai, Prem P.

doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0065-8

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 4 Overrepresented and underespresented plants for each province when compared to the regional plant diversity as recorded in the PNG Plant Database

From: An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea

East Sepik (ES Reports vs PNG PlantDB (ES total flora)
	# in PNG PlantDB	# in ES Medical Plants Reports	Inferior Credible Interval	Superior Credible Interval	Difference to interval (margin)
Total	2258	207	0.080	0.104	-
Overrepresented Families
Araceae	13	7	0.289	0.770	0.184
Zingiberaceae	14	6	0.213	0.677	0.108
Marantaceae	3	2	0.194	0.932	0.090
Solanaceae	9	4	0.187	0.738	0.083
Euphorbiaceae	83	22	0.182	0.369	0.078
Convolvulaceae	13	5	0.177	0.649	0.072
Datiscaceae	1	1	0.158	0.987	0.054
Fabaceae	82	19	0.154	0.334	0.050
Gnetaceae	4	2	0.147	0.853	0.042
Davalliaceae	8	3	0.137	0.701	0.033
Lamiaceae	42	10	0.135	0.386	0.031
Anacardiaceae	18	5	0.126	0.512	0.021
Asteraceae	19	5	0.119	0.491	0.015
Menispermaceae	15	4	0.110	0.524	0.006
Piperaceae	15	4	0.110	0.524	0.006
Underrepresented Families
Poaceae	106	3	0.010	0.080	0.028
Eastern Highlands (EH) vs PNG PlantDB (EH Total Flora)
	# in PNG PlantDB	# in EH Medical Plants Reports	Inferior Credible Interval	Superior Credible Interval	Difference to interval (margin)
Total	3549	156	0.038	0.051	-
Overrepresented Families
Ebenaceae	2	2	0.292	0.992	0.241
Winteraceae	2	2	0.292	0.992	0.241
Acanthaceae	12	5	0.192	0.684	0.141
Hypoxidaceae	1	1	0.158	0.987	0.107
Smilacaceae	7	3	0.157	0.755	0.106
Plantaginaceae	5	2	0.118	0.777	0.067
Lamiaceae	21	5	0.107	0.454	0.056
Araliaceae	17	4	0.097	0.476	0.046
Commelinaceae	2	1	0.094	0.906	0.043
Elaeagnaceae	2	1	0.094	0.906	0.043
Actinidiaceae	14	3	0.078	0.481	0.027
Asteraceae	103	13	0.076	0.204	0.024
Bignoniaceae	3	1	0.068	0.806	0.016
Casuarinaceae	3	1	0.068	0.806	0.016
Lecythidaceae	3	1	0.068	0.806	0.016
Symplocaceae	3	1	0.068	0.806	0.016
Onagraceae	9	2	0.067	0.556	0.016
Theaceae	9	2	0.067	0.556	0.016
Begoniaceae	10	2	0.060	0.518	0.009
Balsaminaceae	4	1	0.053	0.716	0.002
Caprifoliaceae	4	1	0.053	0.716	0.002
Icacinaceae	4	1	0.053	0.716	0.002
Oxalidaceae	4	1	0.053	0.716	0.002
Selaginellaceae	4	1	0.053	0.716	0.002
Usneaceae	4	1	0.053	0.716	0.002
Underrepresented Families
Orchidaceae	191	1	0.001	0.029	−0.009
Bougainville (BV) Reports vs PNG PlantDB (BV Total Flora)
	# in PNG PlantDB	# in BV Medical Plants Reports	Inferior Credible Interval	Superior Credible Interval	Difference to interval (margin)
Total	1524	154	0.087	0.117	-
Overrepresented Families
Verbenaceae	3	3	0.398	0.994	0.280
Musaceae	2	2	0.292	0.992	0.175
Zingiberaceae	19	9	0.272	0.685	0.155
Gnetaceae	3	2	0.194	0.932	0.077
Arecaceae	19	7	0.191	0.592	0.074
Marattiaceae	6	3	0.184	0.816	0.067
Caricaceae	1	1	0.158	0.987	0.041
Xanthorrhoeaceae	1	1	0.158	0.987	0.041
Leeaceae	4	2	0.147	0.853	0.029
Fabaceae	53	12	0.135	0.356	0.018
Thelypteridaceae	9	3	0.122	0.652	0.004
Malvaceae	30	7	0.119	0.411	0.001
Underrepresented Families
Orchidaceae	74	1	0.003	0.072	−0.015

BS Bougainville, EH Eastern Highlands, ES East Sepik, PNG PlantDB Papaua New Guinea Plant Database [10]

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