Table 2 Relationship between folk specific, folk generic and scientific species and family
Folk generic | Folk specific | Scientific species | Scientific family |
|---|---|---|---|
bodurgan | bor bodurgen | Kalidium foliatum | Chenopodiaceae |
| Â | wulan bodurgan | Reaumuria soongarica | Tamaricaceae |
boya | horen boya | Sophora alopecuroides | Leguminosae |
| Â | xihir boya | Glycyrrhiza uralensis | Leguminosae |
goyo | chagan goyo | Cistanche sinensis | Orobanchaceae |
| Â | Â | Cistanche deserticola | Â |
| Â | wulan goyo | Cynomoricum songaricum | Cynomoriaceae |
hamhag | herest hamhag, | Corispermum mongolicum | Chenopodiaceae |
| Â | noosun hamhag | Bassia dasyphylla | Chenopodiaceae |
hargan | altan hargan | Caragana leucophloea | Leguminosae |
| Â | munh hargan | Ammopiptanthus mongolicus | Leguminosae |
harmag | chagan harmag | Nitraria sibirica | Zygophyllaceae |
| Â | nohai harmag | Lycium ruthenicum | Solanaceae |
heres | heres | Halogeton glomeratus | Chenopodiaceae |
| Â | chgan heres | Corispermum mongolicum | Chenopodiaceae |
| Â | har heres | Kochia scoparia var. sieversiana | Chenopodiaceae |
hucu | hucu | Cynanchum cathayense | Asclepiadaceae |
| Â | morin hucu | Convolvulus arvensis | Convolvulaceae |
suhai | imaan suhai | Tamarix leptostachys | Tamaricaceae |
| Â | wulan suhai | Tamarix ramosissima | Tamaricaceae |
xiralji | xiralji | Artemisia songarica | Compositae |
| Â | wunurt xiralji | Artemisia caespitosa | Compositae |