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Table 2 Quantitative ethnobotany indexes in 10 territories (in bold, the one here studied) in the Catalan linguistic area

From: Traditional knowledge 10 min far from Barcelona: ethnobotanical study in the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula), a heavily anthropized agricultural area

Studied areas

Extension (km2)

Population

Flora

MP

MP/km2

MP/inhab

MP/I

EI

FIC

Alt Empordàa

1358

118,718

1650

334

0.25

0.28 × 10–2

1.87

25.90

0.91

Baix Llobregat (deltaic floodplain)

127.71

335,939

1144

117

0.92

0.035 × 10–2

1.41

25.50

0.74

Castellób

6679

385,283

2128

365

0.06

0.095 × 10–2

2.34

17.20

–

Cerdanyac

1140

26,250

1500

146

0.13

0.56 × 10–2

4.56

9.70

0.93

Garriguesd

1123

22,243

1500

196

0.17

0.88 × 10–2

1.94

23.47

0.89

Gironèse

187

10,659

1,500

137

0.73

1.29 × 10–2

2.40

22.56

0.86

Eastern Mallorcaf

238

31,764

780

121

0.51

0.038 × 10–2

2.88

15.51

0.71

Montsenyg

826

79,373

1500

351

0.42

0.44 × 10–2

1.95

23.20

0.91

Pallarsh

2530

18,880

1500

437

0.17

2.32 × 10–2

1.66

29.10

0.87

Ripollèsi

957

25,700

1600

282

0.30

1.10 × 10–2

1.73

28.60

0.96

  1. Flora: approximate number of the species of vascular plants of the flora of the territory; MP: number of reported medicinal plants; MP/I: number of medicinal plants reported by informant; EI: ethnobotanicity index; FIC: informant consensus factor
  2. Fonts: a[57]; b[61]; c[62]; d[63]; e[22]; f[53]; g[64]; h[65]; i[58]