Table 3 Ethnobotanicity indexes (E.I.) concerning vascular plants according Portères [48] for some Italian areas, compared with the E.I. of Italy [54]. References inside parentheses [x].
From: Ethnophytotherapeutical research in the high Molise region (Central-Southern Italy)
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area | Medicinal plants of folk use (*) | Cultivated plants (**) among the medicinal species of folk use | Plants used in all sectors of the ethnobotanical knowledge | Cultivated plants (**) among the species of all folk uses | Total flora | E.I. | E.I. |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia region | 177 [49] | 2 [49] | 181 [49] | 2 [49] | 3335 [21] | 5,25 % | 5,37 % |
Latium region | 283 [26] | 13 [26] | 350 [26] | 20 [26] | 3228 [21] | 8,36 % | 10,22 % |
Acquapendente (Latium) | 80 [36] | 22 [36] | 142 [36,51] | 27 [36,51] | 1070 [56] | 5,42 % | 10,75 % |
Majella (Abruzzo) | 113 [50] | 24 [50] | 148 [50] | 24 [50] | 1700 [55] | 5,23 % | 7,29 % |
High Molise region | 70 (***) | 22 (***) | 109 (***) | 31 (***) | 800 (***) | 6 % | 9,75 % |
Maratea (Basilicata) | 53 [37] | 14 [37] | 125 [37,52,53] | 17 [37,52,53] | 1019 (****) | 3,83 % | 10,60 % |
Italy | 1163 [54] | 76 [54] | 1458 [54] | 117 [54] | 7634 [21] | 14,24 % | 17,57 % |