Distribution of Therapeutic Efficacy of Ranunculales Plants Used by Ethnic Minorities on the Phylogenetic Tree of Chinese Species

Table 1

Phylogenetic clustering of Chinese ethnomedicinal plants of Ranunculales used for 15 diseases.

Disease category	NRI	value	NTI	value	No. of species
Poisoning/intoxication	0.2827673	0.382	2.5808124	0.001	105
Circulatory disease	0.3276161	0.357	0.9576053	0.176	80
Gastrointestinal disease	0.8993280	0.178	2.3439243	0.012	343
Nervous system disease	−1.2169750	0.900	1.6407281	0.046	78
Eye disease	5.3230108	0.001	3.1022603	0.001	110
Other/general disease	−0.4234927	0.644	2.9096083	0.005	435
Hepatobiliary disease	−2.0673037	0.987	1.1511975	0.134	183
Musculoskeletal disease	−1.8124459	0.978	2.0655373	0.024	389
Oral disease	2.9318791	0.006	2.3750417	0.009	132
Ear/nose/throat disease	−1.3491137	0.922	2.5423622	0.007	181
Pediatric disease	3.0196803	0.006	1.2504461	0.108	73
Reproductive system disease	−1.9141517	0.985	2.3016542	0.011	144
Respiratory disease	−3.7510929	1.000	0.4516397	0.340	239
Skin disease	2.0247475	0.025	2.1795913	0.023	348
Urinary disease	1.8995941	0.048	2.3121644	0.012	124

Note: NRI, net relatedness index; NTI, nearest taxon index; , statistically significant; four categories with the largest number of species are shown in bold.