明代是我国古代植物学发展的重要时期.象朱橚的《救荒本草》、李时珍的《本草纲目》等,都是内容翔实、特色鲜明的本草学著作,在我国植物学史上有着重要的意义,在国际植物学史上也产生了深远的影响.《本草纲目》的外传和影响,已是大家所熟知的,而《救荒本草》流传海外, The Ming Dynasty is an important period for the development of ancient botany in our country, such as Zhu Xi’s Materia Medica, Li Shizhen’s Compendium of Materia Medica and so on, all of which are informative and distinctive Herbal works, which are of great significance in the history of botany in China. The history of international botany also had a profound impact on the “Compendium of Materia Medica” the rumor and the impact is already well known, and “save the waste of Materia Medica” spread overseas,