[New records of medicinal plants in Hubei].

Authors Xie, Dan; Wu, Yu; Xiao, Jia-Wei; Xie, Zheng-Xin; Chen, Yong-Xin; He, Wen-Qi; Zhang, Dai-Gui

Journal Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica , ,:

Abstract In this paper, we make a report on new records of medicinal plants in Hubei, which include one newly recorded genera and seven newly recorded species and a newly recorded variety. The newly recorded genera is Anoectochilus and its corresponding species is Anoectochilus roxburghii; These newly recorded species are Euphorbia micractina, Astragalus wulingensis, Blumea megacephala, Potentilla saundersiana, Blumea formosana, Lycoris houdyshelii and Colocasia gigantea ; The newly recorded variety is Neottia puberula var. maculata. Among these species, Anoectochilus roxburghii and N. puberula var. maculata are considered as the second-class protection in our country, A. roxburghii is regarded as Endangered（EN）and Astragalus wulingensis is regarded as Critically Endangered (CN) by IUCN. The report of these newly recorded plants borden the distribution and enrich the plant diversity of Hubei.

Species covered 金线兰 Anoectochilus roxburghii 大野芋 Colocasia gigantea 甘青大戟 Euphorbia micractina 东风草 Blumea megacephala