Catalan ethnoflora: a meta-analytic approach to life forms and geographic territories.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Catalonia (in the north east of the Iberian Peninsula) is among the most prospected territories in Europe, from the ethnobotanical point of view. The aim of the present paper is to undertake a global analysis in the area considered, including plants, plant life forms, and ethnobotanical data within a physiographic and geographic framework.

Methods

Data from 21 ethnobotanical prospection areas in Catalonia were collected, analyzed, and compared, with the focus on plant life forms and geographic divisions.

Results

A total of 824 taxa constitute the Catalan ethnoflora, and 316 of them are shared by the six physiographic zones recognized in Catalonia. When three major geographic areas are considered (Pyrenean, inland, and littoral), 394 taxa have been reported

SUBMITTER: Gras A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7687702 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature