王栋教授编著《草原管理学》的民族植物学价值

Ethnobotanical Value of the Book Range Management Written by Prof. Wang Dong

1955年王栋教授编著出版了中国第一部草原管理学教科书《草原管理学》,该书第七章介绍了由王栋教授领导的调查队于1952年对内蒙古锡林郭勒地区主要牧草的调查结果.其中根据蒙古语语音用汉字拼写的方式,记录了23个植物分类群的当地蒙古名称29个,并介绍了2种植物的民间利用知识.在初步考证和订正植物分类群的基础上,对该书记录的23个蒙古语植物命名词汇或植物民间名还原为传统蒙古文.同时应用植物资源学和民族植物学资料,对本书记录的芨芨草和野韭的民间利用知识进行了分析论证.尽管《草原管理学》所记载的蒙古民族植物学资料不是很丰富,但这是中国科学家通过实地调查最早记录和发表的关于内蒙古锡林郭勒蒙古族命名和利用当地野生植物传统知识的资料.

In 1955,Prof. Wang Dong wrote and published the book Range Management which the first textbook in the fields of range management in China. Prof. Wang led the investigation team and studied on main forage grass in Xilingol area of Inner Mongolia in 1952. The results of the findings of that works were written in the chapter seven of this book. In the chapter seven of the book, there are 29 local Mongol names of 23 plant taxa are recorded in Chinese character which are based on Mongolian pronunciation,and local usage of two plant species are also introduced. On the basis of preliminary textual research and revision of plant taxa,23 Mongolian character used for the plant nomenclature or local Mongol names of plant has been returned to the original traditional Mongolian written language in this paper. The records of the local usage of Achnatherum splendens and Allium ramosum in the book has been analyzed and demonstrated through the materials of plant resource science and ethnobotany. Although the material of Mongolian ethnobotany gained from Range Management does not count abundantly, however, the book is the first recordings and publication that including the traditional knowledge on plant nomenclature and utilization of the Mongolians in Xinlingol through field investigation by the scientist of China.