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  1. Documenting traditional knowledge on plant use among ethnic groups has enabled researchers to obtain a better understanding of how indigenous flora is seen and used in daily life. Their therapeutic application...

    Authors: Sintayehu Tamene, Mesele Negash, Fortunatus Bulabo Makonda, Linley Chiwona-Karltun and Kefyalew Sahle Kibret
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:55
  2. Edible insects are important sources of essential nutrients and have the potential to contribute to malnutrition reduction and food security in the Republic of Benin. However, their consumption is always restr...

    Authors: Corinne Mèdéou Anagonou, Laura Estelle Yêyinou Loko, Anicet Gbeblonoudo Dassou, Joelle Toffa, Innocent Djegbe, Manzid Saliou and Alexandre Dansi
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:54
  3. This study aims to safeguard the ethnobotanical knowledge pertaining to traditional forage plants within the ethnically diverse Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone. It seeks to establish a foundation fo...

    Authors: Jian Xie, Xiaoqi Liu, Mingxia Luo, Fusong Liu, Sha Liu, Yongxia Zhao, Xingsheng Zhang, Wenji Zhao and Faming Wu
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:53
  4. Fangchenggang is situated in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, renowned for its rich biodiversity and ethnically diverse population. The Zhuang people, constituting the largest minority group in the...

    Authors: Sizhao Liu, Xinyi Huang, Zhenjun Bin, Bingning Yu, Zushuang Lu, Renchuan Hu and Chunlin Long
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:52
  5. The hot–cold classification system for things and concepts is widely used by many human groups in Mexico. We conducted a comprehensive review to understand the history, themes, and distribution of this system.

    Authors: Karina Yaredi García-Hernández, Luis Alberto Vargas-Guadarrama and Heike Vibrans
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:50
  6. Wild edible plants (WEPs) play a crucial role in communities with limited communication with the outside world, where unstable factors, such as poor food supply and insufficient access to timely nutritional su...

    Authors: Jin Wang, Xiaoyong Ding, Chang-An Guo, Xiong Zhang, Haowen Feng, Huizhao Yang and Yuhua Wang
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:49
  7. Reptiles are considered one of the most popular pets in the world and are often associated with an incorrect belief that they are simple, highly adaptable, and easy to keep animals when compared with other pet...

    Authors: María Fernanda De la Fuente, Bruna Monielly Carvalho de Araújo, Iamara da Silva Policarpo, Heliene Mota Pereira, Anna Karolina Martins Borges, Washington Luiz Silva Vieira, Gentil Alves Pereira Filho and Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:46
  8. In the Anthropocene, primate conservation can only take place when considering human culture, perspectives, and needs. Such approaches are increasingly important under the growing impact of anthropogenic activ...

    Authors: Evelyn Anca, Sam Shanee and Magdalena S. Svensson
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:45
  9. Traditional Polynesian medicine for children has been poorly documented, and few data are available on their efficacy and safety. In this context, the aim of this study was to identify traditional practices us...

    Authors: François Chassagne, Jean-François Butaud, Raimana Ho, Eric Conte, Édouard Hnawia and Phila Raharivelomanana
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:44
  10. Edible flowers (EFs) represent valuable sources of both food and medicinal resources, holding the promise to enhance human well-being. Unfortunately, their significance is often overlooked. Ethnobotanical stud...

    Authors: Qing Zhang, Zhuo Cheng, Yanxiao Fan, Dezheng Zhang, Miaomiao Wang, Jihai Zhang, Sarana Sommano, Xianjin Wu and Chunlin Long
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:43
  11. Stingless bee honey (SBH) is a natural remedy and therapeutic agent traditionally used by local communities across the (sub-)tropics. Forest SBH represents a prime non-timber forest product (NTFP) with a poten...

    Authors: Madeleine Héger, Pierre Noiset, Kiatoko Nkoba and Nicolas J. Vereecken
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:42
  12. The right floodplain at the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula) constitutes an agricultural periurban area adjacent to Barcelona, which has remained ethnobotanically unexplored until now. T...

    Authors: Jon Marín, Teresa Garnatje and Joan Vallès
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:41
  13. The Luchuan pig is an indigenous breed from Luchuan County, China, with cultural and genetic significance. However, traditional knowledge and conservation status have not been systematically documented.

    Authors: Yongqing Liufu, Jilong Zhou, Qiongyao Fu, Min Shao, Yaozhang Xie and Binsheng Luo
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:40
  14. Agri-silvicultures (ASC) are biocultural practices procuring either the maintenance of wild diversity in predominantly agricultural spaces or introducing agrobiodiversity into forests. In the Mesoamerican regi...

    Authors: Araceli del Carmen Andablo-Reyes, Ana Isabel Moreno-Calles, Beatriz Adriana Cancio-Coyac, Ernesto Gutiérrez-Coatecatl, Alexis Daniela Rivero-Romero, Gerardo Hernández-Cendejas and Alejandro Casas
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:39
  15. Despite the popularity of modern medicine, medicinal plants remain a cornerstone of treatment for numerous diseases, particularly among ethnic groups and tribal communities around the globe. Ethnomedicine offe...

    Authors: Hao Zhou, Jiaqi Zhang, Brian S. Kirbis, Zi Mula, Wei Zhang, Yinzhi Kuang, Qing Huang and Lun Yin
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:38

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  16. In traditional food systems, especially those of rural populations around the world, wild food plants remain crucial. These resources need to be urgently documented to lay the foundations for sustainable livel...

    Authors: Sayed Taufiq Hussain, Sayed Muhammad, Sheharyar Khan, Wahid Hussain and Andrea Pieroni
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:35
  17. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) helps tribal communities adapt to socio-ecological changes, improving the long-term sustainability of their livelihood strategies and fostering social–ecological resilien...

    Authors: Shiekh Marifatul Haq, Andrea Pieroni, Rainer W. Bussmann, Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad and Hosam O. El-Ansary
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:33
  18. Guangxi Fangcheng Golden Camellias national nature reserve, situated in Fangcheng City, Guangxi Province, China, is a coastal region renowned for its exceptional natural environment. Over time, the residents o...

    Authors: Renchuan Hu, Kedao Lai, Binsheng Luo, Renjie Tang, Ruibin Huang and Xiaoxia Ye
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:32
  19. Human societies have food taboos as social rules that restrict access to a particular animal. Taboos are pointed out as tools for the conservation of animals, considering that the presence of this social rule ...

    Authors: André Santos Landim, Jeferson de Menezes Souza, Lucrécia Braz dos Santos, Ernani Machado de Freitas Lins-Neto, Daniel Tenório da Silva and Felipe Silva Ferreira
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:31
  20. Ethiopia is endowed with much plant diversity. The insignificant number of studies on wild edible plants with their ethnobotanical perspectives indicated that this plant diversity comprised only hundreds of wi...

    Authors: Sheleme Guzo, Ermias Lulekal and Sileshi Nemomissa
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:30
  21. To understand how local ecological knowledge changes and adapts, here in the case of the recent introduction of plant species, we report the knowledge and perceptions of the Ndjuka (Maroon) of French Guiana co...

    Authors: Johanna Theys, Marc-Alexandre Tareau, Clarisse Ansoe-Tareau, Alexander Greene, Marianne Palisse, Alizée Ricardou and Guillaume Odonne
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:29
  22. Ethnobiological investigations have focused on identifying factors that interfere with the criteria adopted for selection of plants, especially medicinal plants, by different populations, confirming the theory...

    Authors: Lailson César Andrade Gomes, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros and Ana Paula do Nascimento Prata
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:28
  23. Hunting is a vital means of obtaining animal in various human populations. Hunters rely on their knowledge of species ecology and behavior to develop and employ hunting techniques and increase their chances of...

    Authors: Marcela Alvares Oliveira, Franciany Braga-Pereira, Hani Rocha El Bizri, Thais Queiroz Morcatty, Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Doria and Mariluce Rezende Messias
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:27
  24. Pu'er Traditional Tea Agroecosystem is one of the projects included in the United Nations' Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) since 2012. Against the background of having rich biodiversit...

    Authors: Wanlin Li, Qing Zhang, Yanxiao Fan, Zhuo Cheng, Xiaoping Lu, Binsheng Luo and Chunlin Long
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:26
  25. The origin of different human emotions directed towards animals (whether in the utilitarian, affective, conflictual, or cosmological context) is strongly influenced by sociocultural factors, although our genet...

    Authors: Amanda Rozendo da Silva, Franciany Braga-Pereira, Anna Karolina Martins Borges, José Valberto de Oliveira, Moacyr Xavier Gomes da Silva and Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:25
  26. Global climate change poses a significant challenge in contemporary society, particularly affecting vulnerable populations like small farmers residing in arid and semiarid regions. This study aims to investiga...

    Authors: Valdir de Moura Brito Júnior, Henrique Fernandes de Magalhães and Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:24
  27. On May 4, 2023, four schoolteachers and four drivers, including the young ethnobotanist Sayed Hussain, lost their lives at their school, massacred by religious extremists in the village of Teri Mangal, Kurram ...

    Authors: Wahid Hussain, Wasim Abbas and Andrea Pieroni
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:23
  28. Domingo de Ramos, or Palm Sunday, is a traditional Christian religious event where devotees use ramos, which are bouquets currently elaborated from palm leaves and other natural elements. In various countries, it...

    Authors: Jocelyn M. Briseño-Tellez, María Teresa Pulido Silva, Karen Bautista, Amairani García Mera, Omar Larios-Lozano, Berenice Nathaly López Gutiérrez, Yazmín Alejandra López López, Yesenia Mendoza Cruz, René Monzalvo, Daniela Ortega-Meza, Edith Carmina Sánchez Trejo and Zeltzin K. Zepeda-Hernández
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:22
  29. Despite their paramount importance all over the globe in supporting food security, information about wild edible plants is generally patchy. In this study, we investigated the wild edible plants used by the lo...

    Authors: Mulatu Hankiso, Bikila Warkineh, Zemede Asfaw and Asfaw Debella
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:21
  30. The Shui are a small Chinese sociolinguistic group living in Sandu Shui Autonomous County, south of Guizhou Province. The Shui people have accumulated and developed rich traditional medicinal knowledge, which ...

    Authors: Sizhao Liu, Beixi Zhang, Qiyi Lei, Jiangju Zhou, Maroof Ali and Chunlin Long
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:20
  31. In China, many ornamental plants associated with Buddhist figures, including the Sakyamuni, Bodhisattva, and Arhat, were grown and worshiped because of their cultural and religious significance. However, the s...

    Authors: Xiaodan Xu, Chengmin Yan, Zhiying Ma, Qi Wang, Jie Zhao, Rui Zhang, Luyao He and Wei Zheng
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:19
  32. This study conducted an ethnobotanical survey of wild medicinal plants in the multi-ethnic areas of Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia intersection zone. Traditional knowledge of medicinal plant use in the region wa...

    Authors: Jian Xie, Chaoqun Luo, Xingwu Yang, Yan Ren, Xingsheng Zhang, Haoran Chen, Yongxia Zhao, Sha Liu and Faming Wu
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:18
  33. This work reunites many women naturalists who registered knowledge about native flora in scientific expeditions around the globe between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Since male naturalists are mor...

    Authors: Fernanda Mariath and Leopoldo C. Baratto
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:17
  34. This study aims to document the diversity of medicinal plants used by the Cashinahua people (also known as Huni Kuin) of the Curanja River, as well as describe and compare their uses with pharmacological and phyt...

    Authors: Jana Horackova, Maria Elena Chuspe Zans, Ladislav Kokoska, Naji Sulaiman, Zoyla Mirella Clavo Peralta, Ludvik Bortl and Zbynek Polesny
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:16
  35. The huillín (Lontra provocax, Thomas 1908) is an otter, endemic to southern Argentina and Chile. It is in danger of extinction. In the Nahuel Huapi National Park and surroundings is the only freshwater, known and...

    Authors: Carla M. Pozzi and Ana H. Ladio
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:15
  36. By comparing the differences in plant use between various cultures or regions, we can gain a better understanding of traditional knowledge of plant use among different groups, which may lead to a more objectiv...

    Authors: Chang-An Guo, Xiaoyong Ding, Huabin Hu, Yu Zhang, Ciren Bianba, Ba Bian and Yuhua Wang
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:14
  37. Understanding how local communities perceive threats and management options of wild edible plants (WEPs) is essential in developing their conservation strategies and action plans. Due to their multiple use val...

    Authors: Wyclife Agumba Oluoch, Cory Whitney, Céline Termote, Christian Borgemeister and Christine B. Schmitt
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:13
  38. In the Himalayas, traditional knowledge and biodiversity are strongly linked due to the symbiotic interaction between plant and cultural diversity, as well as the support provided by cultural memories, ecologi...

    Authors: Shiekh Marifatul Haq, Muhammad Waheed, Aadil Abdullah Khoja, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, Rainer W. Bussmann and Kishwar Ali
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:12
  39. Traditional agroecological knowledge (i.e. TAeK) is gaining recognition for its potential contribution to climate change adaptation in food systems, ecosystems restoration and food insecurity. Despite the exis...

    Authors: Ana G. Ramirez-Santos, Federica Ravera, Marta G. Rivera-Ferre and Mar Calvet-Nogués
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:11
  40. Herbal tea drinks, different from classical Camellia beverages, are a wide variety of herbal drinks consumed for therapeutic purposes or health promotion. Herbal tea is widely consumed in Guangxi. However, the do...

    Authors: Tingyu Long, Renchuan Hu, Zhuo Cheng, Chuangui Xu, Qimin Hu, Qingling Liu, Ronghui Gu, Yunfeng Huang and Chunlin Long
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:10
  41. The Patrak Valley is home to communities, which have been inextricably linked with nature for generations, and local plant knowledge (LPK) represents an important part of their local cultural diversity. In gen...

    Authors: Amir Hasan Khan, Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Renata Sõukand and Andrea Pieroni
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:9
  42. Proven toxicity and environmental burdens caused by artificial dyes have motivated dyeing industries to turn to natural alternatives. Plant-based dyestuffs are an interesting group of alternative crops. Reunio...

    Authors: Mahery Andriamanantena, Shamsia Pithon, Manon Dijoux, Marine Hoareau, Christian Fontaine, Johnny Ferrard, Christophe Lavergne, Thomas Petit and Yanis Caro
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:8
  43. Baiku Yao is an ancient branch of the Yao people in China who have the custom of maintaining homegardens. The local government has relocated some villagers to improve their livelihood. To study the characteris...

    Authors: Renchuan Hu, Chuangui Xu, You Nong and Binsheng Luo
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:7
  44. The mountainous territory of Kohistan shelters diverse food plant species and is considered one of the important hotspots of local plant knowledge. In the era of globalization and food commodification, wild fo...

    Authors: Muhammad Amin, Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Andrea Pieroni, Abdul Nazir, Abdullah Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Aleyna Kangal, Khalid Ahmad and Arshad Mehmood Abbasi
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2023 19:6

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