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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (9): 1-9.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2014427

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The wild Gentianopsis paludosa resources of Tanchang County, Gansu

ZHOU Chuan-Meng1, CHEN Yuan1, *, GUO Feng-Xia1, 2, YANG Hui-Zhen1, ZHANG Xue-Jun3   

  1. 1.Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic & Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Good Agricultural Production for Traditional Chinese Medicines, Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, College of Life Sciences and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    2.Gansu Engineering Laboratory of Resource Reservation and Utilization for Characteristic Medical Plants, Gansu Cultivated Engineering and Technology Research Center of Standardization and Traceability for Characteristic Chinese Medicine, Longxi Zhongtian Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Dingxi 748100, China;
    3.Tanchang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Longnan 748500, China
  • Received:2014-10-13 Online:2015-09-20 Published:2015-09-20

Abstract: The wild Gentianopsis paludosa resources in Tanchang County were comprehensive surveyed in order to further explore the distribution and abundance of this species. Survey and sampling techniques followed those published in the Nationwide Chinese Medicine Survey technical notes. 1060 small sample plots and 265 permanent sample plots at 53 sample sites representing seven ecological zones were collected. Wild G. paludosa was found in eleven permanent sample plots and twenty six small sample plots representing three ecological zones and three sampling sites. Plants were distributed over an area of 1.27 ka containing 3474.36 kg of medicinal material, 2605.77 kg of economically valuable material and 912.02 kg of permitted annual harvest. The Shannon-Weaver diversity index of quantitative characteristics ranged from 2.11 to 2.86 resulting in 23.08%-61.83% of the variation coefficient for ten agronomic traits; lateral root numbers had the greatest and leaf numbers the least influence. Increasing altitude (2234 to 2699 m) resulted in greater flower numbers, stem diameter, plant height, fresh weight and dry weight per plant. It is concluded that wild G. paludosa has high genetic diversity but is not widely distributed suggesting that measures should be taken to protect this valuable resource.