What’s in a name? Revisiting medicinal and religious plants at an Amazonian market
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DOI: 10.1186/s13002-021-00433-4
Abstract: Background In spite of an increasing number of ethnobotanical market surveys in the past decades, few studies compare changes in plant species trade over time. The open-air market Ver-o-Peso (VOP) in Belém, located near the… read more here.
Keywords: medicinal religious; plant; vernacular names; name revisiting ... See more keywords
In search of traces of the mandrake myth: the historical, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names
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DOI: 10.1186/s13002-021-00494-5
Abstract: Background Mandrake ( Mandragora spp.) is one of the most famous medicinal plant in western cultures since Biblical times and throughout written history. In many cultures, mandrake is related to magic and witchcraft, which is… read more here.
Keywords: historical ethnobotanical; search traces; traces mandrake; vernacular names ... See more keywords
Appellations vernaculaires des plantes toxiques à usage médicinal dans le Moyen Atlas central- Maroc Vernacular names of toxic plants used as medicine in the central Middle Atlas - Morocco
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DOI: 10.32859/era.20.48.1-30
Abstract: Background: The present study is part of investigations dedicated to the valorization of the medicinal flora and traditional knowledge of the moroccan central Middle Atlas. It focused on the vernacular names of toxic plants used… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; central middle; middle atlas; vernacular names ... See more keywords
Checklist, endemism, English vernacular names and identification of the cicadas (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadidae) of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.60.35130
Abstract: Public understanding of the goals of applied biology and conservation is promoted by showcasing charismatic or significant organisms using vernacular names. Conservation activities in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, are prioritising taxa that have… read more here.
Keywords: english vernacular; natal south; endemism; kwazulu natal ... See more keywords