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Table 11 Results of quantitative analysis for the 20 most relevant species

From: Plants and traditional knowledge: An ethnobotanical investigation on Monte Ortobene (Nuoro, Sardinia)

Species

FC

NC

UR

RFC

CI

H'

J

RFC

CI

H'

 

Basic values

Indices

Ranking

Asparagus acutifolius L.

12

6

27

0.71

1.59

0.60

0.78

1

1

6

Beta vulgaris L.

9

3

16

0.53

0.94

0.38

0.79

2

3

13

Malva sylvestris L.

7

9

19

0.41

1.12

0.81

0.85

3

2

1

Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller

7

4

9

0.41

0.53

0.57

0.95

4

6

7

Olea europaea L. var.europaea

5

3

6

0.29

0.35

0.44

0.92

5

9

11

Rubus ulmifolius Schott

4

6

10

0.24

0.59

0.76

0.98

6

5

2

Arbutus unedo L.

4

5

7

0.24

0.41

0.64

0.92

7

7

4

Cichorium intybus L.

4

5

11

0.24

0.65

0.64

0.91

8

4

5

Laurus nobilis L.

4

3

5

0.24

0.29

0.41

0.86

9

11

12

Parietaria diffusa Mert. et Koch

4

2

5

0.24

0.29

0.22

0.72

10

12

19

Ferula communis L.

4

2

5

0.24

0.29

0.22

0.72

11

13

18

Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp.piperitum (Ucria) Coutinho

4

2

7

0.24

0.41

0.30

0.99

12

8

14

Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. subsp.insularis (Req.) Greuter

4

2

4

0.24

0.24

0.24

0.81

13

14

17

Matricaria chamomilla L.

3

5

6

0.18

0.35

0.68

0.97

14

10

3

Hedera helix L.

3

3

4

0.18

0.24

0.45

0.95

15

15

10

Daucus carota L. subsp.carota

3

3

4

0.18

0.24

0.45

0.95

16

16

9

Cydonia oblonga Miller

3

3

4

0.18

0.24

0.45

0.95

17

17

8

Rumex thyrsoides Desf.

3

2

3

0.18

0.18

0.28

0.92

18

18

16

Prunus spinosa L.

3

2

3

0.18

0.18

0.28

0.92

19

19

15

Allium triquetrum L.

3

1

3

0.18

0.18

0.00

0.00

20

20

20

  1. Basic values: FC = Number of informants mentioning the species; NC = Number of different uses ('secondary categories of use'); UR = Number of reports ('citations').
  2. Indexes: RFC = Relative Frequency of Citation; CI = Cultural Importance Index; H'= Shannon-Wiener Index; J = Evenness index. (See 'Material and methods' for further explanations).