Traditional alcoholic beverages and their value in the local culture of the Alta Valle del Reno, a mountain borderland between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna (Italy)

Table 3 Relevance of knowledge concerning TABs in Alta Valle del Reno (AVR) and in different Italian areas

Areas	Ethnoflora (T_s)	Food plants (F_s)	Plants used for TAB (L_s)	L_s/T_s	L_s/F_s
AVR	258	129	43	0.17	0.33
Firenzuola	163	61	10	0.06	0.16
Tuscany	517	201	32	0.06	0.16
Italy	1512	580	84	0.06	0.14

T_s: number of species reported for any ethnobotanical use; F_s: number of species reported for any alimentary use (TAB included); L_s: number of species used for TAB. Exotic spices used as flavors were not considered in data comparison (see the text for further explanations)

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