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ETHNOBOTANIC [1 record]

Record 1 2004-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
CONT

... in some instances the field notes attached to a specimen included ethnobotanical information: data on local lore pertaining to the plant and on the uses to which it is put by the indigenous people of the region.

CONT

Ethnobotanical conservation - the preservation of the indigenous knowledge of plants and their properties and uses - is ... as urgent as environmental conservation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Relatif à l'ethnobotanique.

CONT

[...] en certains cas, les fiches de terrain fixées aux spécimens contenaient des informations ethnobotaniques c'est-à-dire des données sur les connaissances locales concernant la plante et sur les usages qu'en font les indigènes de la région d'origine.

OBS

ethnobotanique (n.f.) : Branche de l'ethnobiologie qui étudie les classifications du règne végétal en fonction de critères propres au groupe ethnique considéré.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
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