Ukrainian
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Belarusian
Bengali
Bosnian
Catalan
Czech
Danish
Deutsch
Dutch
English
Estonian
Finnish
Français
Greek
Haitian Creole
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Mongolian
Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Български
中文(简体)
中文(繁體)
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2015-Mar

Folkbotanical classification: morphological, ecological and utilitarian characterization of plants in the Napf region, Switzerland.

Тільки зареєстровані користувачі можуть перекладати статті
Увійти Зареєструватися
Посилання зберігається в буфері обміну
Anna Poncet
Christian R Vogl
Caroline S Weckerle

Ключові слова

Анотація

BACKGROUND

Discussions surrounding ethnobiological classification have been broad and diverse. One of the recurring questions is whether classification is mainly based on the "inherent structure of biological reality" or on cultural, especially utilitarian needs. So far, studies about ethnobotanical classification have mainly been done in indigenous societies. Comparable data from industrialized countries are scarce. In this paper, folkbotanical classification data from the Napf region in central Switzerland is analysed and cross-culturally compared.

METHODS

Structured and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 60 adults and children chosen by random sampling. Descriptive statistics, t-tests and cultural domain analysis were used to analyze the data.

RESULTS

Close to 500 folk taxa have been documented during field work. As life-form taxa appeared tree, bush, grass, herb, flower, and mushroom. Intermediate taxa mentioned regularly were sub-categories of the life form tree and bush, i.e. conifer, deciduous tree, fruit tree, stone fruits, pomaceous fruits, and berry bush. The rank of the folk generic was by far the largest with 316 taxa (85.4% monotypical). The specific rank contained 145 taxa, the varietal 14 taxa. The 475 generic, specific and varietal folk taxa could be assigned to 298 wild growing plant species, which make up 28.13% of the local flora, and to 213 cultivated plant species, subspecies and cultivars. Morphology, mainly life-form, fruits, leaves, and flowers, was the most important criterion for classifying plants. Other important criteria were their use (mainly edibility) and habitat (mainly meadow, forest and garden). The three criteria emerged spontaneously out of open questioning.

CONCLUSIONS

The classification system of the Napf region is comparable to classification systems of indigenous societies, both in its shallow hierarchical structure and in the amount of recognized taxa. The classification of plants was mainly guided by morphology, habitat and use. The three aspects seem to be mutually linked for certain plant groups, which results in always the same groups, independent from the different sorting criteria. Sensory perception allows for a broader explanation of the known coincidence of morphology and use groups.

Приєднуйтесь до нашої
сторінки у Facebook

Найповніша база даних про лікарські трави, підкріплена наукою

  • Працює 55 мовами
  • Лікування травами за підтримки науки
  • Розпізнавання трав за зображенням
  • Інтерактивна GPS-карта - позначайте трави на місці (скоро)
  • Читайте наукові публікації, пов’язані з вашим пошуком
  • Шукайте лікарські трави за їх впливом
  • Організуйте свої інтереси та будьте в курсі новинних досліджень, клінічних випробувань та патентів

Введіть симптом або хворобу та прочитайте про трави, які можуть допомогти, наберіть траву та ознайомтесь із захворюваннями та симптомами, проти яких вона застосовується.
* Вся інформація базується на опублікованих наукових дослідженнях

Google Play badgeApp Store badge