To date, ethnobotanical studies have not been carried out in this region.
Ali Akgul, Ayfer Akgul, Serdar G. Senol, Hasan Yildirim, Ozcan Secmen, Yunus Dogan 2018, 'An ethnobotanical study in Midyat (Turkey), a city on the silk road where culturesmeet', Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicinehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-017-0201-8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Economically important taxa were classified using ethnobotanical studies and according to their stem density.
N. Galia Selaya, Pieter A. Zuidema, Christopher Baraloto, Vincent A. Vos, Roel J.W. Brienen, Nigel Pitman, Foster Brown, Amy E. Duchelle, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami,Luis A. Oliveira Carillo, Guido H. Vasquez Colomo, Severo Meo Chupinagua, Hugo FuentesNay, Stephen Perz 2017, 'Economically important species dominate aboveground carbon storage in forests of southwesternAmazonia', Ecology and Societyhttp://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol22/iss2/art40/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Non-probability sampling design can be used in ethnobotanical surveys of medicinal plants.
Mariano Martinez Espinosa, Isanete G. C. Bieski, Domingos Tabajara de Oliveira Martins 2012, 'Probability sampling design in ethnobotanical surveys of medicinal plants', Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-695X2012000600023&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the ethnobotanical data collected.
Hosea Ken M, Lyaruu Herbert VM, Kisangau Daniel P, Joseph Cosam C 2007, 'Use of traditional medicines in the management of HIV/AIDS opportunistic infectionsin Tanzania: a case in the Bukoba rural district', Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicinehttp://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/3/1/29. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in five of these communities.
Danilo R. Oliveira, Gilda G. Leitão, Tatiane S. Coelho, Pedro E. Almeida da Silva,Maria Cristina S. Lourenço, Suzana G. Leitão 2011, 'Ethnopharmacological versus random plant selection methods for the evaluation of theantimycobacterial activity', Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-695X2011000500003&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We recorded 44 ethnobotanical citations, comprising 47 species (22 families).
Edmar Antônio Correa, Patrícia de Nazaré Cardoso Furlanetto, Gisele Caroline Novakowski 2012, 'Folk medicine in Mandaguaçu municipality, Paraná State: an ethnobotanical approach- doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v34i4.9306', Acta Scientiarum : Biological Scienceshttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/9306. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Samples were taken of forage plants together with corresponding floristic and ethnobotanical information.
José Salvador Flores, Francisco Bautista 2012, 'Knowledge of the Yucatec Maya in seasonal tropical forest management: the forage plantsEl conocimiento de los mayas yucatecos en el manejo del bosque tropical estacional:las plantas forrajeras', Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidadhttp://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1870-34532012000200022. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ethnobotanical data were collected through observation visits and semi-structured interviews with 12 key informants.
I. D. S. L. Pio, A. L. Lavor, C. M. D. Damasceno, P. M. N. Menezes, F. S. Silva, G.L. A. Maia 2018, 'Traditional knowledge and uses of medicinal plants by the inhabitants of the islandsof the São Francisco river, Brazil and preliminary analysis of Rhaphiodon echinus(Lamiaceae)', Brazilian Journal of Biologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842018005011102&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This traditional ethnobotanical knowledge has not been previously investigated.
Dramane Pare, Adama Hilou, Noufou Ouedraogo, Samson Guenne 2016, 'Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used as Anti-Obesity Remedies in the Nomadand Hunter Communities of Burkina Faso', Medicineshttp://www.mdpi.com/2305-6320/3/2/9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In terms of research, almost all has to be done starting from basic ethnobotanical investigation.
A. Dansi, R. Vodouhè, P. Azokpota, H. Yedomonhan, P. Assogba, A. Adjatin, Y. L. Loko,I. Dossou-Aminon, K. Akpagana 2012, 'Diversity of the Neglected and Underutilized Crop Species of Importance in Benin',The Scientific World Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/932947. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)