A dataset of wild medicinal plant resources for heat-clearing and detoxifying effects in Xinjiang from 2017 to 2020

Abstract

The complex and varied mountainous conditions and climatic factors in Xinjiang contribute to the production of abundant species of wild medicinal plants. Based on the consecutive 4-year field survey in some areas of Xinjiang, this paper records the wild medicinal plants on the spot. Referring to the wild medicinal plants distributed in Xinjiang recorded in national and regional flora and monographs, domestic and foreign medicinal plant academic journals, major public specimen banks and databases, we reorganized a dataset of wild medicinal plant resources for heat-cleaning and detoxifying effects in Xinjiang. This dataset involves 127 species of angiosperms, 3 species of ferns, 2 species of gymnosperms, one species of lichens, and 4 species of other plants, including 13 items of information about medicinal plants: Chinese name, English name, Latin name, alias, phylum, order, family, genus, nature and flavor, efficacy, medicinal parts, habitat distribution, and picture. It can provide data support for the diversity research and protection of wild medicinal plants with heat clearing effect, detoxifying clearing, and the combination of the both effects as well as the medicine research on medicinal plants in Xinjiang.