• The Korea Journal of Herbology
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.35-45
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• 2006

Objectives : The plans can be used for medicinal purposes among Alismatales in korea and examined their effects and distributions. Methods : The examined herbalogical books and research papers which published at home and abroad. Results : 1. There were totaled to 15 genera and 45 species in Alismatales in Korea and among them medicinal plants are 8 genera, 17 species, some 38% in total. 2. Potamogeton genus is main kind enough that it has 14 species among 45 species in the Alismatales , of which medicinal plants are 6 species. 3. The herb is the main medicinal parts of medicinal plants in the Alismatales which is used in 14 species. 4. According to nature and flavor of medicinal plants in the Alismatales , they were classified into cool 8 species; sweet taste 10 in the order. 5. According to meridian propism of medicinal plants in the Alismatales, they were classified into liver meridian 8 species. 6. According to the properties and principal curative action, they were classified into drugs for antifebrile 12 species, drugs for detoxicant 11 , drugs for drain damp 9 in the order. 7. It was noticed that every medicinal plant in the Alismatales is nontoxic. Conclusion : There were totaled to 15 genera and 45 species in Alismatales in Korea and among them medicinal plants are 8 genera, 17 species, some 38% in total.

• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.197-222
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• 2008

A recently published Korean Flora, "The genera of vascular plants of Korea (GFK)", includes the descriptions and keys for 217 families, 1,044 genera, and 3,209 species of Korean vascular plants. We reclassified these taxa according to the recent APG classification system, which resulted in 64 orders, 204 families, 1,044 genera and 3,209 species. Twenty-two families from the GFK were abandoned because of changes to the familial delimitations in the APG system. In contrast, the number of families in the Liliaceous group was increased. The Liliaceae in the GFK included 31 genera and 109 species. These taxa are now assigned to 10 families in four different orders including Liliales, Asparagales, Alismatales, and Dioscoreales because of the drastic changes to the monocot classification system in the past 20 years. In addition, the family name of the Aucubaceae was changed to Garryaceae. As a result, the number of families in the GFK has been reduced to 204. The results were summarized in four tables and two figures at the levels of unofficial higher taxonomic hierarchies, orders, families and genera. This new information can provide a guidelines for selecting the phylogenetic analysis unit for the Korean tree of life (KTOL) project. Futhermore, the updated classification system also provides an important summarization for the systematic community for placing the Korean flora in a modern phylogenetic context.