Medicinal Plants of Karakalpakstan

Gulnara bdiniyazova, Olimjon Khojimatov

Abstract: The flora of Uzbekistan consists about 4 500 species of vascular plants due to its biogeographically features, which make a center of medicinal plant diversity (sharply continental climate, availability deserts and high mountains, abundance of endemic flora). The medicinal flora of Karakalpakstan represented by 444 species from 240 genera, which belong to 63 families. The analysis of the received results in this article are given.

Keywords: Karakalpakstan, medicinal plants, taxonomy, ethnobotany