Taxonomic diversity of medicinal plant collection from National Botanical Garden (Institute) ,,Al. Ciubotaru”

Abstract

The article presents new data on the current state of the Collection of Medicinal Plants from the National Botanical Garden (Institute) ,,Al. Ciubotaru”, the dynamics of taxa increase over the last decade, ways to raise and maintain the gene pool. The taxonomic diversity of medicinal plant existing currently in the collection is given. Recent taxonomic inventory of medicinal plants collection led to identification of 367 taxa, belonging to 3 phylums, 5 classes, 66 botanical families and 184 genera. During the period 2013-2022 the collection was enriched with 82 taxa obtained through the international exchange of seeds (Index Seminum), as well as from the local spontaneous flora.