Table 1.
Medicinal importance of all plant families in Thailand containing more than 10 species as revealed by three statistical approaches: regression residual analysis, binomial analysis and Bayesian analysis.
| Family | T | M | Method | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regression | Binomial | Bayesian | ||||||
| P1 | R | P2 | Prob. | inf. | sup. | |||
| Acanthaceae | 169 | 52 | 30 | 0.79* | 38 | 9.53E-03* | 0.2430* | 0.3811 |
| Achariaceae | 11 | 2 | 9 | −0.76 | 2 | 7.51E-01 | 0.0549 | 0.4841 |
| Amaranthaceae | 33 | 19 | 12 | 0.67* | 7 | 1.62E-05* | 0.4069* | 0.7281 |
| Amaryllidaceae | 29 | 10 | 11 | −0.08 | 7 | 1.01E-01 | 0.1993 | 0.5281 |
| Anacardiaceae | 61 | 23 | 15 | 0.53* | 14 | 5.87E-03* | 0.2660* | 0.5031 |
| Annonaceae | 162 | 66 | 29 | 1.35* | 37 | 2.25E-07* | 0.3347* | 0.4845 |
| Apiaceae | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0.36 | 6 | 3.19E-04* | 0.3691* | 0.7341 |
| Apocynaceae | 226 | 72 | 37 | 0.97* | 51 | 9.81E-04* | 0.2613* | 0.3820 |
| Araceae | 201 | 27 | 34 | −0.19 | 46 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0941 | 0.1885 |
| Araliaceae | 60 | 23 | 15 | 0.55* | 14 | 4.64E-03* | 0.2707* | 0.5104 |
| Arecaceae | 218 | 23 | 36 | −0.35 | 49 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0715 | 0.1534 |
| Aristolochiaceae | 22 | 5 | 10 | −0.50 | 5 | 5.81E-01 | 0.1023 | 0.4370 |
| Asparagaceae | 80 | 22 | 18 | 0.26 | 18 | 1.85E-01 | 0.1893 | 0.3819 |
| Aspleniaceae | 41 | 1 | 13 | −0.92 | 9 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0058 | 0.1257 |
| Asteraceae | 237 | 139 | 39 | 2.67* | 54 | 1.11E-32* | 0.5228* | 0.6474 |
| Athyriaceae | 40 | 1 | 13 | −0.92 | 9 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0060 | 0.1286 |
| Balsaminaceae | 66 | 3 | 16 | −0.81 | 15 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0165 | 0.1253 |
| Begoniaceae | 41 | 2 | 13 | −0.84 | 9 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0150 | 0.1616 |
| Bignoniaceae | 42 | 13 | 13 | 0.04 | 10 | 1.38E-01 | 0.1908 | 0.4613 |
| Boraginaceae | 28 | 7 | 11 | −0.35 | 6 | 4.58E-01 | 0.1273 | 0.4354 |
| Brassicaceae | 12 | 4 | 9 | −0.54 | 3 | 2.81E-01 | 0.1386 | 0.6143 |
| Burseraceae | 27 | 4 | 11 | −0.62 | 6 | 8.92E-01 | 0.0606 | 0.3267 |
| Cactaceae | 11 | 3 | 9 | −0.65 | 2 | 4.72E-01 | 0.0992 | 0.5719 |
| Campanulaceae | 21 | 5 | 10 | −0.49 | 5 | 5.36E-01 | 0.1073 | 0.4537 |
| Capparaceae | 35 | 11 | 12 | −0.05 | 8 | 1.51E-01 | 0.1856 | 0.4811 |
| Celastraceae | 55 | 11 | 15 | −0.23 | 12 | 7.33E-01 | 0.1159 | 0.3243 |
| Clusiaceae | 48 | 12 | 14 | −0.10 | 11 | 4.06E-01 | 0.1495 | 0.3887 |
| Combretaceae | 29 | 21 | 11 | 0.94* | 7 | 1.83E-08* | 0.5411* | 0.8527 |
| Commelinaceae | 40 | 12 | 13 | −0.02 | 9 | 1.79E-01 | 0.1808 | 0.4554 |
| Connaraceae | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0.11 | 3 | 3.46E-04* | 0.4133* | 0.8480 |
| Convolvulaceae | 114 | 25 | 22 | 0.14 | 26 | 6.14E-01 | 0.1533 | 0.3040 |
| Crassulaceae | 10 | 4 | 9 | −0.52 | 2 | 1.73E-01 | 0.1675 | 0.6921 |
| Cucurbitaceae | 44 | 27 | 13 | 1.11* | 10 | 4.28E-08* | 0.4654* | 0.7430 |
| Cycadaceae | 14 | 4 | 9 | −0.55 | 3 | 3.97E-01 | 0.1182 | 0.5510 |
| Cyperaceae | 254 | 15 | 40 | −0.63 | 58 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0363 | 0.0952 |
| Davalliaceae | 18 | 4 | 10 | −0.57 | 4 | 6.10E-01 | 0.0915 | 0.4557 |
| Dennstaedtiaceae | 18 | 3 | 10 | −0.68 | 4 | 8.11E-01 | 0.0605 | 0.3958 |
| Dilleniaceae | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0.13 | 3 | 1.45E-04* | 0.4490* | 0.8818 |
| Dioscoreaceae | 38 | 9 | 12 | −0.25 | 9 | 5.05E-01 | 0.1304 | 0.3933 |
| Dipterocarpaceae | 67 | 11 | 16 | −0.30 | 15 | 9.20E-01 | 0.0947 | 0.2710 |
| Dryopteridaceae | 62 | 1 | 16 | −0.93 | 14 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0039 | 0.0853 |
| Ebenaceae | 61 | 18 | 15 | 0.20 | 14 | 1.33E-01 | 0.1956 | 0.4195 |
| Elaeocarpaceae | 21 | 5 | 10 | −0.49 | 5 | 5.36E-01 | 0.1073 | 0.4537 |
| Ericaceae | 37 | 1 | 12 | −0.92 | 8 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0064 | 0.1381 |
| Euphorbiaceae | 226 | 69 | 37 | 0.89* | 51 | 4.00E-03* | 0.2489* | 0.3683 |
| Fagaceae | 121 | 6 | 23 | −0.74 | 27 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0234 | 0.1040 |
| Gentianaceae | 38 | 5 | 12 | −0.58 | 9 | 9.53E-01 | 0.0586 | 0.2743 |
| Gesneriaceae | 153 | 5 | 27 | −0.81 | 35 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0144 | 0.0741 |
| Gleicheniaceae | 10 | 1 | 9 | −0.88 | 2 | 9.24E-01 | 0.0228 | 0.4128 |
| Hypericaceae | 11 | 5 | 9 | −0.41 | 2 | 8.11E-02 | 0.2109 | 0.7233 |
| Icacinaceae | 12 | 1 | 9 | −0.88 | 3 | 9.54E-01 | 0.0192 | 0.3603 |
| Lamiaceae | 233 | 83 | 38 | 1.22* | 53 | 5.30E-06* | 0.2975* | 0.4197 |
| Lauraceae | 112 | 23 | 22 | 0.06 | 25 | 7.41E-01 | 0.1411 | 0.2896 |
| Lecythidaceae | 18 | 4 | 10 | −0.57 | 4 | 6.10E-01 | 0.0915 | 0.4557 |
| Leguminosae | 530 | 195 | 77 | 1.57* | 120 | 1.73E-03* | 0.3280* | 0.4098 |
| Linderniaceae | 38 | 10 | 12 | −0.17 | 9 | 3.56E-01 | 0.1500 | 0.4213 |
| Lindsaeaceae | 23 | 1 | 11 | −0.90 | 5 | 9.97E-01 | 0.0103 | 0.2112 |
| Loganiaceae | 19 | 6 | 10 | −0.37 | 4 | 2.49E-01 | 0.1539 | 0.5428 |
| Loranthaceae | 31 | 5 | 12 | −0.55 | 7 | 8.64E-01 | 0.0721 | 0.3279 |
| Lycopodiaceae | 10 | 3 | 9 | −0.64 | 2 | 4.05E-01 | 0.1093 | 0.6097 |
| Lythraceae | 32 | 11 | 12 | −0.02 | 7 | 9.00E-02 | 0.2040 | 0.5183 |
| Magnoliaceae | 32 | 3 | 12 | −0.73 | 7 | 9.86E-01 | 0.0340 | 0.2433 |
| Malpighiaceae | 23 | 3 | 11 | −0.70 | 5 | 9.21E-01 | 0.0474 | 0.3236 |
| Malvaceae | 172 | 63 | 30 | 1.14* | 39 | 2.54E-05* | 0.2979* | 0.4406 |
| Marantaceae | 22 | 6 | 10 | −0.39 | 5 | 3.82E-01 | 0.1321 | 0.4841 |
| Melastomataceae | 99 | 14 | 20 | −0.30 | 22 | 9.88E-01 | 0.0865 | 0.2237 |
| Meliaceae | 72 | 20 | 17 | 0.22 | 16 | 1.86E-01 | 0.1877 | 0.3909 |
| Menispermaceae | 44 | 25 | 13 | 0.96* | 10 | 1.06E-06* | 0.4215* | 0.7036 |
| Moraceae | 144 | 39 | 26 | 0.51* | 33 | 1.25E-01 | 0.2050 | 0.3489 |
| Musaceae | 13 | 6 | 9 | −0.31 | 3 | 5.31E-02 | 0.2304 | 0.7114 |
| Myristicaceae | 36 | 8 | 12 | −0.32 | 8 | 5.92E-01 | 0.1177 | 0.3821 |
| Myrtaceae | 121 | 18 | 23 | −0.21 | 27 | 9.88E-01 | 0.0964 | 0.2231 |
| Nepenthaceae | 12 | 2 | 9 | −0.77 | 3 | 7.94E-01 | 0.0504 | 0.4545 |
| Nephrolepidaceae | 10 | 2 | 9 | −0.76 | 2 | 7.00E-01 | 0.0602 | 0.5178 |
| Oleaceae | 76 | 13 | 17 | −0.23 | 17 | 9.07E-01 | 0.1031 | 0.2714 |
| Orchidaceae | 1099 | 32 | 151 | −0.79 | 249 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0207 | 0.0408 |
| Orobanchaceae | 20 | 5 | 10 | −0.48 | 5 | 4.88E-01 | 0.1128 | 0.4717 |
| Oxalidaceae | 11 | 7 | 9 | −0.18 | 2 | 4.25E-03* | 0.3489* | 0.8483 |
| Pandanaceae | 26 | 6 | 11 | −0.43 | 6 | 5.58E-01 | 0.1111 | 0.4226 |
| Passifloraceae | 16 | 5 | 10 | −0.45 | 4 | 2.89E-01 | 0.1421 | 0.5596 |
| Phyllanthaceae | 178 | 60 | 30 | 0.99* | 40 | 5.25E-04* | 0.2717* | 0.4094 |
| Piperaceae | 48 | 12 | 14 | −0.10 | 11 | 4.06E-01 | 0.1495 | 0.3887 |
| Plantaginaceae | 47 | 6 | 14 | −0.54 | 11 | 9.71E-01 | 0.0607 | 0.2525 |
| Poaceae | 524 | 52 | 76 | −0.31 | 119 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0765 | 0.1279 |
| Polygalaceae | 25 | 7 | 11 | −0.32 | 6 | 3.34E-01 | 0.1433 | 0.4779 |
| Polygonaceae | 32 | 18 | 12 | 0.60* | 7 | 4.16E-05* | 0.3921* | 0.7189 |
| Polypodiaceae | 128 | 13 | 24 | −0.45 | 29 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0606 | 0.1662 |
| Primulaceae | 115 | 22 | 23 | 0.00 | 26 | 8.48E-01 | 0.1300 | 0.2729 |
| Proteaceae | 13 | 4 | 9 | −0.54 | 3 | 3.39E-01 | 0.1276 | 0.5810 |
| Pteridaceae | 99 | 8 | 20 | −0.60 | 22 | 1.00E+00 | 0.0420 | 0.1516 |
| Putranjivaceae | 16 | 1 | 10 | −0.89 | 4 | 9.84E-01 | 0.0146 | 0.2869 |
| Ranunculaceae | 20 | 13 | 10 | 0.35 | 5 | 6.33E-05* | 0.4303* | 0.8189 |
| Rhamnaceae | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0.24 | 3 | 1.49E-05* | 0.5191* | 0.9221 |
| Rhizophoraceae | 17 | 2 | 10 | −0.78 | 4 | 9.25E-01 | 0.0358 | 0.3471 |
| Rosaceae | 57 | 14 | 15 | −0.03 | 13 | 4.19E-01 | 0.1526 | 0.3717 |
| Rubiaceae | 416 | 112 | 62 | 0.83* | 94 | 2.45E-02 | 0.2289 | 0.3139 |
| Rutaceae | 65 | 34 | 16 | 1.19* | 15 | 1.98E-07* | 0.4034* | 0.6401 |
| Salicaceae | 35 | 9 | 12 | −0.22 | 8 | 3.98E-01 | 0.1420 | 0.4220 |
| Santalaceae | 15 | 2 | 10 | −0.78 | 3 | 8.86E-01 | 0.0405 | 0.3835 |
| Sapindaceae | 45 | 18 | 13 | 0.39 | 10 | 6.97E-03* | 0.2699* | 0.5463 |
| Sapotaceae | 46 | 7 | 14 | −0.46 | 10 | 9.23E-01 | 0.0765 | 0.2831 |
| Selaginellaceae | 20 | 3 | 10 | −0.69 | 5 | 8.65E-01 | 0.0545 | 0.3634 |
| Smilacaceae | 29 | 10 | 11 | −0.08 | 7 | 1.01E-01 | 0.1993 | 0.5281 |
| Solanaceae | 47 | 22 | 14 | 0.67* | 11 | 2.34E-04* | 0.3329* | 0.6083 |
| Stemonaceae | 14 | 5 | 9 | −0.44 | 3 | 1.94E-01 | 0.1634 | 0.6162 |
| Styracaceae | 10 | 2 | 9 | −0.76 | 2 | 7.00E-01 | 0.0602 | 0.5178 |
| Symplocaceae | 17 | 1 | 10 | −0.89 | 4 | 9.87E-01 | 0.0138 | 0.2729 |
| Tectariaceae | 14 | 3 | 9 | −0.66 | 3 | 6.48E-01 | 0.0779 | 0.4809 |
| Theaceae | 11 | 2 | 9 | −0.76 | 2 | 7.51E-01 | 0.0549 | 0.4841 |
| Thymelaeaceae | 12 | 7 | 9 | −0.19 | 3 | 8.21E-03* | 0.3158* | 0.8078 |
| Urticaceae | 76 | 18 | 17 | 0.06 | 17 | 4.63E-01 | 0.1556 | 0.3441 |
| Verbenaceae | 13 | 5 | 9 | −0.43 | 3 | 1.52E-01 | 0.1766 | 0.6486 |
| Violaceae | 10 | 3 | 9 | −0.64 | 2 | 4.05E-01 | 0.1093 | 0.6097 |
| Vitaceae | 57 | 22 | 15 | 0.52* | 13 | 5.05E-03* | 0.2704* | 0.5163 |
| Zingiberaceae | 290 | 77 | 45 | 0.72* | 66 | 6.92E-02 | 0.2180 | 0.3192 |
T, total number of all species; M, number of medicinal species; P1, number of medicinal species predicted by the regression model; R, R value; P2, number of medicinal species predicted by the binomial model; Prob, binomial probability; inf., inferior of 95% Bayesian interval; sup., superior of 95% Bayesian interval. A “*” indicates that the family was estimated as MIMFs using the given method.