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Table 1 Literature sources [2064] where the level of botanical mistakes was assessed using comparative methods (using the present knowledge of species ranges and the distribution of folk names).

From: Plant identification credibility in ethnobotany: a closer look at Polish ethnographic studies

Author's name

Reference Number

Year

Main topic

No. of taxa with Latin names

Errors

Bohdanowicz

[20]

1996

food

10

2

Chętnik

[21]

1936

food

14

0

Dekowski

[22]

1968

food

35

0

Dekowski

[23]

1973

foraging

38

0

Dydowiczowa

[24]

1964

foraging

44

0

Eljasz-Radzikowski

[25]

1897

general ethnographic

18

0

Gajkowa

[26]

1947

general ethnographic

4

3

Gawełek

[27]

1910

ethnomedicine

36

0

Gustawicz

[28]

1904

general ethnographic

18

0

Henslowa

[29]

1962

selected edible taxa

12

0

Janicka-Krzywda

[30]

2004

food

5

1

Jostowa

[31]

1954

food

1

0

Kantor

[32]

1907

general ethnogr.

46

5

Kolberg

[33]

1962 (1874)

general ethnogr.

54

1

Kolberg

[34]

1962 (1882)

general ethnogr.

35

1

Kolberg

[35]

1962 (1891)

general ethnogr.

75

0

Kolberg

[36]

1973

general ethnogr.

6

0

Kolberg

[37]

1963 (1888)

general ethnogr.

22

0

Kolberg

[38]

1968

general ethnogr.

29

0

Libera, Paluch

[39]

1993

ethnomedicine

98

0

Łęga

[40]

1961

general ethnogr.

2

0

Malicki

[41]

1971

foraging

20

0

Ochrymowicz

[42]

1900

beliefs about herbs

52

1

Oczykowski

[43]

1896

ethnomedicine

10

1

Orzeszkowa

[44]

1888

ethnomedicine and beliefs

69

0

Orzeszkowa

[45]

1891

ethnomedicine and beliefs

51

0

Paluch

[46]

1984

ethnomedicine

176

0

Pietkiewicz

[47]

1928

material culture

23

0

Plichta

[48]

1891

ethnomedicine

8

0

Ruszel

[49]

2004

ethnographic dictionary

85

8

Siarkowski

[50]

1890

ethnomedicine

17

0

Siarkowski

[51]

1891

ethnomedicine

5

1

Sulisz

[52]

1906

general ethnogr.

11

3

Sulisz

[53]

1906

general

8

4

Szot-Radziszewska

[54]

2005

ethnomedicine

129

4

Szromba-Rysowa

[55]

1966

foraging

63

2

Szukiewicz

[56]

1903

folk beliefs

5

0

Szulczewski

[57]

1996

general ethnogr.

>100

0

Szychowska-Boebel

[58]

1972

ethnomedicine

95

1

Szychowska-Boebel

[59]

1978

ethnomedicine

49

1

Tylkowa

[60]

1988

ethnomedicine

81

4

Wawrzeniecki

[61]

1916

ritual plants

14

2

Weryho

[62]

1888

ethnomedicine

31

1

Wysłouchowa

[63]

1896

general ethnogr.

38

0

Udziela

[64]

1931

ethnomedicine and beliefs

141

0