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ANNUAL OF SOFIA UNIVERSITY „ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKT

FACULTY OF BIOLOGY

Book 2 - Botany

Volume 97, 2005

ANNUAIRE DE L’UNIVERSITE DE SOFIA „KLIMENT OHRIDSKI"

FACULTE DE BIOLOGIE

Livre 2 - Botanique

Tome 97, 2005

A REVIEW OF THE CULTIVATION OF

ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANTS IN BULGARIA

LJUBA EVSTATIEVA

Bulg. Acad, of Sci., Institute of Botany, Bl. 23. Acad. G.Bonchev Str., 1113 Sofia

Abstract: A brief review of activities, which resulted in the investigation of the distribution,

ecological requirements, species and form variability, biological peculiarities and phytochemical

features, reproductive abilities in nature and under controlled conditions of 14 protected and

rare medicinal plants in Bulgaria.

Key words,

endangered medicinal plants, breeding, reproduction, agriculture

Bulgaria has a very rich and diverse flora, including significant resources

of medicinal plants. They show great biological, ecological and landscape

variety. More than 750 species from the Bulgarian flora are used in the

traditional medicine, and a more than 250 out of them are subject to daily

trade (H a r d a 1о v a, et al; 1998). The big biological resources and the

quality of the medicinal drugs derived thereof determine Bulgaria as a

leader in the export list of Europe ( L a n g e , 1998). The natural resources

of some of the medicinal species are limited and their collection has led

to their decrease. Some medicinal plants became extinct. More than 70

plant species, used in official and folk medicine are protected by the Law

of Medicinal Plants (2000) or have a restricted regime of collection (H a r-

d a 1 о v a, et al; 1998).

Protection and use of medicinal plants are of a great importance, not

only for the Bulgarian flora but also for the world flora. One of the best

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