Studies on the wild plant resources and their exploitation and protection in Baotianman area in Nanzhao County

There are 173 families, 878 genera, 2 696 species of vascular plant in Baotianman area in Nanzhao County. According to their usages, they are divided into 12 groups: edible plants, medicinal plants, landscape gardening and ornamental plants, timber plants, fiber plants, starch plants, wild oil-bearing plants, wild forage plants, honey plants, aromatic oil plants, tanning plants, poisonous plants. Some advices on how to protect, develop and exploit wild plant resources were given by this paper.