An Ethnobotanical Survey of Inner-West Anatolia, Turkey
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Tarih
2008
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Springer/Plenum Publishers
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
This study is focused on ethnobotanical usages of wild plants growing within the Afyonkarahisar province districts of Sinanpasa, Hocalar and Dazkiri. Ninety local informants in 11 villages were interviewed. A total of 129 different usages of wild plants in the study area were recorded. Out of 650 plant species commonly present, 93 plant taxa (14.3%) belonging to 43 families were used for medicinal (52 citations), foodstuff (37 citations), fodder (14 citations), dye (six citations), firewood (five citations), construction materials (four citations) and miscellaneous purposes (11 citations). At least 15% of the information regarding ethnobotanical uses of wild plants was obtained by showing herbarium voucher samples to the informants. It was noted that Sideritis leptoclada and Verbascum stenostachyum are endemic to Turkey and their endangered status has markedly increased in recent years because of increased collecting for ethnobotanical purposes. Informants indicate that members of the younger generation have a much reduced interest in ethnobotanical knowledge and that this is a danger to the continued use of local plants.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Ethnobotany, Afyonkarahisar, Endemic Anatolian Plants, Economic Plants
Kaynak
Human Ecology
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Q1
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Q1
Cilt
36
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5
