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. 2009 Feb 10;5:6. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-5-6

Table 13.

Medicinal plants – Botanical families

Family Number of citations % citations Number of species % species
Malvaceae 24 22,6 3 7,5

Compositae 18 17,0 6 15,0

Rosaceae 11 10,4 5 12,5

Liliaceae 8 7,5 2 5,0

Urticaceae 6 5,7 3 7,5

Lauraceae 5 4,7 1 2,5

Oleaceae 5 4,7 1 2,5

Cactaceae 4 3,8 1 2,5

others (< 4 citations, 1–2 species) 25 23,6 18 45,0