The research of the natural resources of medicinal plants protected in Poland
Abstract
The study presents the results of the research and observations of 8 species protected by
Polish law. Occurrence, cultivation possibilities and risk estimation of the population were
checked. In 1995–2007, the project “Collection and evaluation of diaspores as a gene bank
of protected medicinal plants and estimation of their natural resources in Poland” was
held. About 450 wild site of described species were found and verified. Over 400 samples
of seed material were collected and transferred to the Plant Breeding and Acclimatization
Institute in Radzików for a long-term storage.
Currently, in the Garden of Medicinal Plants, Research Institute of Medicinal Plants over
120 accessions as scientific study objects are cultivated.