Winner of the 2005 Klinger Book Award Presented by The Society for Economic Botany.
Florida Ethnobotany provides a cross-cultural examination of how the state s native plants …

How did the forced migration of nearly 11 million enslaved Africans to the Americas
influence their knowledge of plants? Vernacular plant names give insight into the process of …

The genus Psittacanthus is the larger of two closely related neotropical genera of
Loranthaceae; the other, much smaller genus is Aetanthus. They are distinct from all other …

Abstract Ethnopharmalogical relevance In Africa, traditional medicine is important for local
healthcare and plants used for these purposes are commonly traded. Identifying medicinal …

Background Species from the" cacao group" are traditionally allocated into two genera,
Theobroma and Herrania (Malvaceae, Byttnerioideae), both groups of Neotropical species …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Quassia amara L. recently came into the spotlight in
French Guiana, when it became the object of a biopiracy claim. Due to the numerous use …

Abstract The National Herbarium of the Netherlands houses a 17th century, bound
herbarium containing 51 dried specimens from Suriname, which was composed by the well …

The morphology and biology of the larva of Toxomerus apegiensis (Harbach,) are described
from Suriname. This larva feeds on pollen of Olyra obliquifolia Steudel, a bambusoid grass …

Background Herbal baths play an important role in the traditional health care of Maroons
living in the interior of Suriname. However, little is known on the differences in plant …

Catalogue annoté des espèces d'arbres de Guyane française, avec la nomenclature
vernaculaire. Nous présentons une liste des espèces d'arbres de Guyane française, basée …