Medicinal plants in atlas mapping

DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2020-3-26-17-25

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About the Authors

Svetlana M. Malkhazova

Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Faculty of Geography,
Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991,
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: sveta_geo@mail.ru

Tatiana V. Kotova

Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Faculty of Geography,
Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991,
E-mail: tatianav.kotova@yandex.ru

Nadezhda B. Leonova

Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Faculty of Geography,
Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991,
E-mail: nbleonova2@gmail.com

Inessa M. Miklyaeva

Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Faculty of Geography,
Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991,
E-mail: inessa-miklyaeva@yandex.ru

Abstract

Medicinal plants are an important natural resource of the country, used for medicine and healthcare needs. Cartographic study of the natural resource potential of medicinal plants remains an actual proposal for contemporary ecological geographical and resource researches. The paper concerns the state of medicinal plants mapping in our country, specifics of cartographical display and description. More than 30 scientific reference, popular science complex and special federal and regional atlases including maps of medicinal plants have been published during 1964–2014 period in Russia. Medicinal plants distribution is most fully displayed in the “Atlas of natural ranges and resources of medicinal plants of the USSR”. The Atlas contains about 180 maps of ranges for 234 plants species.

Contemporary atlases are represented by the National Atlas of Arctic [2017] and the Medical-Geographical atlas of Russia “Healing springs and plants” [2019] created by scientists of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (the Faculty of Geography). The last atlas contains ranges of officinal plants, permitted by the RF Ministry of Healthcare for usage by scientific medicine. This atlas contains 37 maps of 72 plants’ species (1 : 30 000 000) at the background of the Map of Zones and Altitudinal Types of Vegetation of Russia. This atlas is the first popular science publication containing comprehensive information about state and distribution of officinal plants species, about problems of their use and protection accompanied by physiographic, climatic, biogeographical, medical-geographical maps.

Keywords

healing resources, officinal plants, database, contemporary atlases, maps of ranges

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For citation: Malkhazova S.M., Kotova T.V., Leonova N.B., Miklyaeva I.M. Medicinal plants in atlas mapping. InterCarto. InterGIS. GI support of sustainable development of territories: Proceedings of the International conference. Moscow: Moscow University Press, 2020. V. 26. Part 3. P. 17–25. DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2020-3-26-17-25 (in Russian)