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Table 3 Contributions of the top 10 families (in terms of numbers of species) to different use categories

From: Diversity of wetland plants used traditionally in China: a literature review

Family

ME (%)

FO (%)

ED (%)

GR (%)

FI (%)

ID (%)

OR (%)

PE (%)

EN (%)

LI (%)

OT (%)

Poaceae

14 (5.3)

42 (24.3)

7 (6.9)

2 (3.8)

18 (34.6)

2 (4.2)

4 (12.5)

0 (0.0)

13 (54.2)

4 (18.2)

6 (40.0)

Polygonaceae

32 (12.2)

11 (6.4)

11 (10.9)

1 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

14 (29.2)

1 (3.1)

12 (46.2)

1 (4.2)

5 (22.7)

1 (6.7)

Cyperaceae

17 (6.5)

19 (11.0)

3 (3.0)

1 (1.9)

15 (28.8)

1 (2.1)

2 (6.3)

0 (0.0)

2 (8.3)

2 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

Lamiaceae

20 (7.6)

2 (1.2)

5 (5.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (8.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Asteraceae

13 (4.9)

6 (3.5)

7 (6.9)

2 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.8)

1 (4.2)

1 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

Ranunculaceae

13 (4.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (19.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Hydrocharitaceae

3 (1.1)

12 (6.9)

3 (3.0)

7 (13.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Potamogetonaceae

5 (1.9)

10 (5.8)

1 (1.0)

7 (13.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Fabaceae

9 (3.4)

8 (4.6)

1 (1.0)

8 (15.1)

5 (9.6)

2 (4.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (16.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Brassicaceae

8 (3.0)

5 (2.9)

8 (7.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (10.4)

1 (3.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Total

134 (51.0)

115 (66.5)

47 (46.5)

28 (52.8)

38 (73.0)

29 (60.4)

9 (28.1)

19 (73.1)

21 (87.5)

12 (54.5)

7 (46.7)

  1. Note: ME = medicine; ED = food; FO = fodder; GR = green manure; OR = ornamental; ID = industrial raw material; FI = fiber; PE = pesticide; LI = liquor–making material; OT = other; EN = environmental use.