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Table 3 Names and cumulative number of identified plants by anglers

From: Known but not called by name: recreational fishers’ ecological knowledge of freshwater plants in Hungary

Scientific name

Hungarian name by angler(s)

Number of angler(s) reported the name

Confirmed dialectical name by mental representation (yes/no)

Confirmed botanical or folk name (yes/no)

Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.

nád

70

Yes

Yes

Nymphoides peltata (S.G.Gmel.) Kuntze

tündérfátyol

1

Yes

Yes

Nuphar lutea (L.) Sibth. & Sm.

tök

3

Yes

No

töklevél

15

Yes

No

tökvirág

1

Yes

No

vízitök

22

Yes

Yes

liliom

1

No

No

vízililiom

1

No

No

Lemna minor L.

békalencse

53

Yes

Yes

békanyál

4

Yes

No

lencse

4

Yes

No

vízilencse

1

Yes

No

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.

békatutaj

1

Yes

Yes

Sparganium emersum Rehmann/erectum L.

békabuzogány

1

Yes

Yes

Trapa natans L.

sulyom

23

Yes

Yes

vízigesztenye

1

Yes

Yes

kecskeköröm

1

Yes

Yes

ördöghínár

1

Yes

No

vízidió

1

Yes

Yes

Ceratophyllum demersum/submersum L.

tócsagaz

1

Yes

Yes

balinhínár

1

Yes

Yes

Myriophyllum spicatum/verticillatum L.

süllőhínár

3

Yes

Yes

Iris pseudacorus L.

liliom

13

Yes

No

vízililiom

6

Yes

No

írisz

5

Yes

Yes

víziírisz

1

Yes

Yes

vízihagyma

1

No

No

nőszirom

5

Yes

Yes

mocsárinőszirom

1

Yes

Yes

tavililiom

1

Yes

No

Nymphaea alba L.

liliom

1

Yes

No

vízililiom

8

Yes

No

tündérrózsa

12

Yes

Yes

tavirózsa

43

Yes

Yes

lótusz

1

Yes

No

Salvinia natans (L.) All.

rucaöröm

9

Yes

Yes

rucarence

1

Yes

Yes

folyófű

1

Yes

No

vízipáfrány

1

Yes

No

vízipajzsika

1

Yes

No

panyola

1

Yes

Yes

kákonya

1

Yes

Yes

Butomus umbellatus L.

vidrafű

1

No

No

káka

4

Yes

Yes

virágkáka

1

Yes

Yes

  1. An answer for the name was considered valid if the person both identified and named the plant, or if the person presented a dialectical form of the valid official or folk name of the species after identification, but the mental representation on identifying the species was considered correct. An answer was considered likely inaccurate if neither the informant person’s dialectical name by his mental representation, or a valid official or folk name was uttered