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Table 2 Plant families used for medicinal purposes in the study area in Southern Ecuador

From: Traditional medicinal plant use in Loja province, Southern Ecuador

 

Number of species

  

%

ASTERACEAE

32

15

EUPHORBIACEAE

11

5.1

LAMIACEAE

11

5.1

SOLANACEAE

11

5.1

APIACEAE

9

4.2

FABACEAE

9

4.2

LYCOPODIACEAE

9

4.2

AMARANTHACEAE

8

3.75

URTICACEAE

7

3.25

POACEAE

6

2.8

PIPERACEAE

5

2.35

VALERIANACEAE

5

2.35

GERANIACEAE

4

1.85

BROMELIACEAE

3

1.4

CACTACEAE

3

1.4

ERICACEAE

3

1.4

LAURACEAE

3

1.4

LYTHRACEAE

3

1.4

ORCHIDACEAE

3

1.4

ACANTHACEAE

2

0.93

APOCYNACEAE

2

0.93

BORAGINACEAE

2

0.93

BRASSICACEAE

2

0.93

GENTIANACEAE

2

0.93

MALVACEAE

2

0.93

MYRTACEAE

2

0.93

ONAGRACEAE

2

0.93

PAPAVERACEAE

2

0.93

PLANTAGINACEAE

2

0.93

PROTEACEAE

2

0.93

ROSACEAE

2

0.93

RUTACEAE

2

0.93

ACTINIDIACEAE

1

0.46

ADIANTACEAE

1

0.46

AGAVACEAE

1

0.46

ANACARDIACEAE

1

0.46

ANNONACEAE

1

0.46

AQUIFOLIACEAE

1

0.46

ARECACEAE

1

0.46

ASCLEPIADACEAE

1

0.46

ASPHODELACEAE

1

0.46

BASELLACEAE

1

0.46

BIGNONIACEAE

1

0.46

BOMBACACEAE

1

0.46

BURSERACEAE

1

0.46

CAMPANULACEAE

1

0.46

CANNACEAE

1

0.46

CAPRIFOLIAEAE

1

0.46

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

1

0.46

CELASTRACEAE

1

0.46

CHENOPODIACEAE

1

0.46

CYPERACEAE

1

0.46

EQUISETACEAE

1

0.46

IRIDACEAE

1

0.46

LICHENES

1

0.46

LILIACEAE

1

0.46

LOGANIACEAE

1

0.46

LORANTHACEAE

1

0.46

MIMOSACEAE

1

0.46

MYRISTICACEAE

1

0.46

NYCTAGINACEAE

1

0.46

OXALIDACEAE

1

0.46

PASSIFLORACEAE

1

0.46

POLEMONIACEAE

1

0.46

POLYGONACEAE

1

0.46

POLYPODIACEAE

1

0.46

PORTULACACEAE

1

0.46

PUNICACEAE

1

0.46

RUBIACEAE

1

0.46

SALICACEAE

1

0.46

SAPINDACEAE

1

0.46

SCROPHULARIACEAE

1

0.46

SELAGINELLACEAE

1

0.46

TILIACEAE

1

0.46

VERBENACEAE

1

0.45

ZINGIBERACEAE

1

0.46

   TOTAL

215

99.97

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