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Table 3 Use values of the botanical families reported in ethnoveterinary herbal practices in Pakistan

From: Ethnoveterinary plants of Pakistan: a review

Botanical family

Number of recorded species

URs per family

Number of informants per family

UVf

Acanthaceae

2

9

7

1.29

Acoraceae

1

8

3

2.67

Agaricaceae

1

2

2

1.00

Aizoaceae

2

2

2

1.00

Amaranthaceae

12

40

13

3.08

Amaryllidaceae

4

78

24

3.25

Anacardiaceae

2

9

6

1.50

Apiaceae

18

165

26

6.35

Apocynaceae

11

55

17

3.24

Araceae

2

5

3

1.67

Araliaceae

1

2

2

1.00

Arecaceae

4

16

7

2.29

Asparagaceae

5

7

5

1.40

Asteraceae

32

107

25

4.28

Balsaminaceae

1

2

1

2.00

Berberidaceae

5

33

11

3.00

Betulaceae

2

3

2

1.50

Bignoniaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Bixaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Boraginaceae

7

21

9

2.33

Brassicaceae

7

137

24

5.71

Burseraceae

1

2

2

1.00

Buxaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Cactaceae

1

2

1

2.00

Cannabaceae

2

29

11

2.64

Capparaceae

3

26

13

2.00

Caprifoliaceae

4

8

5

1.60

Caryophyllaceae

3

3

3

1.00

Celastraceae

1

1

1

1.00

Cleomaceae

1

2

2

1.00

Commelinaceae

1

3

1

3.00

Convolvulaceae

3

24

12

2.00

Crassulaceae

2

6

3

2.00

Cucurbitaceae

7

56

18

3.11

Cupressaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Cyperaceae

2

5

3

1.67

Dioscoreaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Ebenaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Elaeagnaceae

1

2

1

2.00

Ephedraceae

1

1

1

1.00

Ericaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Euphorbiaceae

10

52

20

2.60

Fabaceae

29

127

27

4.70

Fagaceae

4

5

4

1.25

Gentianaceae

4

6

4

1.5

Geraniaceae

1

4

3

1.33

Gisekiaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Grossulariaceae

1

2

1

2.00

Hypericaceae

1

2

2

1.00

Iridaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Juglandaceae

1

4

3

1.33

Lamiaceae

22

120

25

4.80

Lauraceae

3

6

4

1.50

Liliaceae

2

1

1

1.00

Linaceae

1

10

5

2.00

Lythraceae

4

34

15

2.27

Malvaceae

15

32

12

2.67

Meliaceae

3

64

22

2.91

Menispermaceae

4

7

4

1.75

Molluginaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Moraceae

8

32

10

3.20

Musaceae

1

8

5

1.60

Myristicaceae

1

2

2

1.00

Myrtaceae

7

16

9

1.78

Nitrariaceae

1

19

9

2.11

Nyctaginaceae

3

6

4

1.50

Oleaceae

3

15

6

2.50

Orobanchaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Paeoniaceae

1

8

5

1.60

Papaveraceae

4

20

10

2.00

Pedaliaceae

2

8

5

1.60

Phyllanthaceae

4

11

3

3.67

Phytolaccaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Pinaceae

4

60

8

7.50

Piperaceae

2

18

9

2.00

Plantaginaceae

5

14

7

2.00

Platanaceae

1

2

2

1.00

Poaceae

41

144

24

6.00

Polygonaceae

14

63

17

3.7

Portulacaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Primulaceae

5

7

6

1.17

Pteridaceae

2

2

2

1.00

Putranjivaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Ranunculaceae

13

33

13

2.53

Rhamnaceae

4

24

12

2.00

Rosaceae

13

52

18

2.88

Rubiaceae

1

2

1

2.00

Rutaceae

6

42

20

2.10

Salicaceae

5

17

6

2.83

Salvadoraceae

2

5

4

1.25

Sapindaceae

2

15

6

2.50

Sapotaceae

1

2

2

1.00

Saxifragaceae

2

17

6

2.83

Scrophulariaceae

2

8

5

1.60

Simaroubaceae

2

6

4

1.50

Solanaceae

15

138

26

5.31

Tamaricaceae

1

12

8

1.50

Theaceae

1

19

8

2.38

Thymelaeaceae

4

17

6

2.83

Urticaceae

2

2

2

1.00

Verbenaceae

1

1

1

1.00

Violaceae

3

9

3

3.00

Vitaceae

1

3

3

1.00

Xanthorrhoeaceae

2

13

8

1.63

Zingiberaceae

5

65

17

3.82

Zygophyllaceae

5

19

8

2.38