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Table 2 Plant families used in Northern Peru

From: Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture

Family

Number of species

Family

Number of species

  

%

  

%

ASTERACEAE

69

13.53

OLACACEAE

2

0.39

FABACEAE

35

6.86

OXALIDACEAE

2

0.39

LAMIACEAE

25

4.90

PINACEAE

2

0.39

SOLANACEAE

21

4.12

POLEMONIACEAE

2

0.39

EUPHORBIACEAE

12

2.35

POLYGALACEAE

2

0.39

POACEAE

11

2.16

PORTULACACEAE

2

0.39

APIACEAE

11

2.16

SALICACEAE

2

0.39

LYCOPODIACEAE

10

1.91

SMILACACEAE

2

0.39

CUCURBITACEAE

9

1.76

TILIACEAE

2

0.39

ROSACEAE

9

1.76

ZINGIBERACEAE

2

0.39

AMARANTHACEAE

8

1.57

ACANTHACEAE

1

0.19

MYRTACEAE

8

1.57

AMARYLLIDACEAE

1

0.19

PIPERACEAE

8

1.57

ANNONACEAE

1

0.19

RUTACEAE

8

1.57

AQUIFOLIACEAE

1

0.19

GENTIANACEAE

6

1.18

ARALIACEAE

1

0.19

BRASSICACEAE

6

1.18

ARAUCARIACEAE

1

0.19

ORCHIDACEAE

6

1.18

ARISTOLOCHIACEAE

1

0.19

CAMPANULACEAE

6

1.18

ASCLEPIADACEAE

1

0.19

PASSIFLORACEAE

6

1.18

ASPHODELACEAE

1

0.19

VERBENACEAE

6

1.18

BALANOPHORACEAE

1

0.19

AIZOACEAE

5

0.98

BERBERIDACEAE

1

0.19

ANACARDIACEAE

5

0.98

BETULACEAE

1

0.19

APOCYNACEAE

5

0.98

BIXACEAE

1

0.19

BORAGINACEAE

5

0.98

CHLORANTHACEAE

1

0.19

BROMELIACEAE

5

0.98

CHRYSOBALANACEAE

1

0.19

CLUSIACEAE

5

0.98

CRASSULACEAE

1

0.19

GERANIACEAE

5

0.98

CUPRESSACEAE

1

0.19

LAURACEAE

5

0.98

ELAEOCARPACEAE

1

0.19

MALVACEAE

5

0.98

EPHEDRACEAE

1

0.19

PLANTAGINACEAE

5

0.98

ERIOCAULACEAE

1

0.19

POLYPODIACEAE

5

0.98

ERYTHROXYLACEAE

1

0.19

SAXIFRAGACEAE

5

0.98

HIPPOCRATEACEAE

1

0.19

STERCULIACEAE

5

0.98

ILLICIACEAE

1

0.19

BIGNONIACEAE

4

0.78

ISOETACEAE

1

0.19

CYPERACEAE

4

0.78

JUGLANDACEAE

1

0.19

LILIACEAE

4

0.78

KRAMERIACEAE

1

0.19

MORACEAE

4

0.78

LECYTHIDACEAE

1

0.19

RUBIACEAE

4

0.78

LEMNACEAE

1

0.19

SCROPHULARIACEAE

4

0.78

LICHENES

1

0.19

VALERIANACEAE

4

0.78

LOGANIACEAE

1

0.19

ALGAE

3

0.59

LYTHRACEAE

1

0.19

CAPRIFOLIAEAE

3

0.59

MALESHERBIACEAE

1

0.19

CHENOPODIACEAE

3

0.59

MALPIGHIACEAE

1

0.19

CONVOLVULACEAE

3

0.59

MENISPERMACEAE

1

0.19

ERICACEAE

3

0.59

MUSACEAE

1

0.19

MONIMIACEAE

3

0.59

MYRICACEAE

1

0.19

PHYTOLACCACEAE

3

0.59

MYRISTICACEAE

1

0.19

POLYGONACEAE

3

0.59

OLEACEAE

1

0.19

URTICACEAE

3

0.59

PAPAVERACEAE

1

0.19

MELASTOMATACEAE

3

0.59

PROTEACEAE

1

0.19

ONAGRACEAE

3

0.59

PUNICACEAE

1

0.19

ADIANTACEAE

2

0.39

RANUNCULACEAE

1

0.19

ALSTROEMERIACEAE

2

0.39

SAPOTACEAE

1

0.19

ARECACEAE

2

0.39

THEACEAE

1

0.19

BURSERACEAE

2

0.39

THELYPTERIDACEAE

1

0.19

CACTACEAE

2

0.39

THYMELEACEAE

1

0.19

CAPPARIDACEAE

2

0.39

TROPAEOLACEAE

1

0.19

CARICACEAE

2

0.39

TYPHCEAE

1

0.19

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

2

0.39

ULMACEAE

1

0.19

DIOSCOREACEAE

2

0.39

VIOLACEAE

1

0.19

DIPSACACEAE

2

0.39

VITACEAE

1

0.19

EQUISETACEAE

2

0.39

XYRIDACEAE

1

0.19

LINACEAE

2

0.39

ZYGOPHYLLACEAE

1

0.19

LORANTHACEAE

2

0.39

INDET.

6

1.17

NYCTAGINACEAE

2

0.39

TOTAL

510

 
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