Abstract
Plant species provide an extremely wide range of useful products relied on by people in all countries of the world. A mixture of direct harvesting from the wild and cultivation ranging from basic subsistence farming to sophisticated agricultural systems supplies food, medicines and a wealth of raw materials. Plant biodiversity as a global resource remains poorly understood, inadequately documented and often wasted, but still retains immense potential for further development of natural products.
Keywords
- Medicinal Plant
- Wild Relative
- Plant Genetic Resource
- Habitat Destruction
- Genetic Erosion
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Groombridge, B. (1992). Plant Use. In: Groombridge, B. (eds) Global Biodiversity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2282-5_25
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