Table 7 Ethnobotanical comparison between our results and ethnobotanical data conducted in other investigated areas of Serbia
Area | Year(s) when the studies conducted | No. of plant taxa | No. of medicinal taxa | No. of taxa used in human nutrition | No. of taxa used in veterinary medicine | No. of taxa used in animal nutrition | No. of taxa used in beliefs and contemplation | No. of taxa used in other purposes | Plants that overlap from this study with plants from previous studies | Jaccard Index | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central Serbia | 2002–2005 | 91 | 91 | 25 | 11 | / | / | 7 | 43 | 27.33 | Jarić et al. 12 |
Southwestern Serbia | 2010 | 62 | 62 | 5 | 3 | / | / | 8 | 22 | 15.79 | Pieroni et al. 13 |
Southwestern Serbia | 2011 | 69 | 69 | 3 | / | / | / | / | 30 | 22.00 | Šavikin et al. 14 |
Eastern Serbia | 2011–2012 | 45 | 45 | / | / | / | / | / | 24 | 20.45 | Zlatković et al. 15 |
Southeastern Serbia | 2012–2014 | 137 | 128 | 43 | 5 | / | / | 16 | 30 | 28.72 | Jarić et al. 16 |
Eastern Serbia | 2016 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 14.39 | Janaćković et al. 17 |
Eastern and southeastern Serbia | 2015–2017 | 195 | 190 | / | / | / | 21 | 4 | 53 | 24.10 | Matejić et al.18 |
Southeastern Serbia | 2015 | 85 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 28 | 17.75 | Živković et al. 19 |
Eastern Serbia | 2017 | 192 | / | / | 46 | / | / | / | 14 | 19.55 | Marković et al.20 |
Eastern Serbia | 2019 | 114 | 100 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 114 | 100.00 | Present study |