Characteristics of Fern Resources in Shergyla Mountain, Tibet
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    In order to provide the basis for the exploitation and utilization of fern resources in Shergyla Mountain, we made clear the fern species and their comprehensive utilization value. Flora xizangica and samples consulting combined with summarizing the investigation results in a few years, fern species and their different uses were analyzed. The results show that: (1) 29 families, 57 genera and 196 wild fern species (containing varieties and forms) are found in this area, which occupy 65.91%, 45.24%, 41.70% in total families, genera and species of ferns in Tibet, respectively; The four dominant families are Dryopteridaceae (3 genera/50 species), Polypodiaceae (9 genera/31 species), Athyriaceae (7 genera /22 species) and Sinopteridaceae (6 genera/14 species). As the dominant genera, Dryopteris and Polystichum have 27 and 19 species, respectively. (2) The tropical families and genera account for 80.00% and 68.18% in the noncosmoplitan families and genera separately, which indicates that the fern flora of Shergyla Mountain has obvious tropical nature; For ecological distribution, terrestrial types (118 species, occupy 60.20%) are the richest, then are epiphytic types (45 species, occupy 22.96%). (3) Medicinal resources contain 66 species of which 30 species have antipyretic efficacy. There are 71 ornamental fern species, and 23 species of them are firstly reported in this area. 14 species could be edible mainly with tender leaves, tender stem or rhizome. A few species also can be used as indicator plants, industrial raw materials, feed and green manure, etc. The results indicated that the fern species which take up a great proportion of the fern flora of Tibet in Shergyla Mountain are abundant, and have great utilization potential. In the end, we put forward some suggestions for their utilization and protection.

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WANG Shuli, LUO Jian. Characteristics of Fern Resources in Shergyla Mountain, Tibet[J]. Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica,2018,38(8):1534-1541

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