title: [Medicinal plant resources of Dendrobium in Sichuan Province].
abstract: Eleven species of Dendrobium grown in Sichuan Province were studied including their classifications and distributions. All of them are used as the merchandise Shihu. Among them, there are 3 species which are found in Sichuan for the first time and 2 new species whose medical effects are described here in. Problems about the exploitation, utilization, quality standards, etc. of these resources are preliminarily discussed. A key for the identification of all these 11 species has been compiled and presented.
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Chongqing.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010598:Pharmacognosy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification