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Ethnobotany of the Americas
Tracer Bullet 97-1
Ethnobotany is a term coined in 1895 to encompass the
study of the applications and economic potential of plants used
by native peoples. During the first half of the 20th century the
anthropological and ecological aspects of the use of plants by indigenous
populations became increasingly important. However, it was during
the second half of the 20th century that ethnobotany flourished
and that ethnobotanical surveys, studies, and reports on explorations
proliferated. These studies were fueled by the interests of major
universities, pharmaceutical firms, and government agencies, such
as the National Institutes of Health, who greatly expanded their
programs in natural products research in hopes of finding new medicines
for a variety of ills, including cancer, diabetes, and disorders
of the immune system.
This compilation provides sources useful in chronicling the history
of ethnobotany as well as references to published materials on all
forms of vegetation which the aboriginal inhabitants of North and
South America used for commodities, such as medicine, food, textiles,
and ornaments. Material on the interrelations between indigenous
peoples, plants and society is also included. Not intended to be
a comprehensive bibliography, this guide is designed --as the name
of the series implies-- to put the reader "on target."
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Balick, Michael J. Transforming ethnobotany for the
new millennium. In St. Louis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Annals
of the Missouri Botanical Garden, v. 83, no. 1, 1996: 58-66.
QK1.M45 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>
Cox, Paul Alan, and Michael J. Balick. The ethnobotanical
approach to drug discovery. Scientific American, v. 270,
June 1994: 82-87.
T1.S5 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>
Medicinal plants discovered by traditional societies
are proving to be an important source of potentially therapeutic
drugs.
Harshberger, John W. The purposes of ethno-botany.
Botanical gazette, v. 21, Mar. 1896: 146-154.
QK1.B3 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>
Rheingold, Howard. Ethnobotany and the search for
vanishing knowledge. Whole earth review, no. 89. Sept. 12,
1989: 16-23.
AP2.C636 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>
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Subject Headings used by the Library of Congress or the National
Library of Medicine, under which books on ethnobotany of South and
North America can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs,
include the following:
Highly Relevant
ETHNOBOTANY
ETHNOBOTANY--SOUTH AMERICA
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--[PLACE]--ETHNOBOTANY
See also names of individual tribes, e.g., Iroquois
Indians, Ojibwa Indians
INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA--ETHNOBOTANY
See also names of individuals tribes, e.g., Callahuaya
Indians, Quechua Indians
Relevant
BOTANY--[PLACE]--FOLKLORE
ETHNOBIOLOGY
INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--FOOD
INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA--FOOD
INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--MEDICINE
INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA--MEDICINE
MATERIA MEDICA, VEGETABLE
MEDICINAL PLANTS
PALEOETHNOBOTANY
PLANTS--FOLK-LORE
RAIN FOREST PLANTS
Related
PHARMACOGNOSY
PSYCHOTROPIC PLANTS
POISONOUS PLANTS
WILD PLANTS, EDIBLE
More General
BOTANY, ECONOMIC
PLANTS, USEFUL
PLANTS AND CIVILIZATION
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Balick, Michael J., and Paul Alan Cox. Plants,
people and culture: the science of ethnobotany. New York, Scientific
American Library, c1996. 228 p. (Scientific American Library series,
no. 60)
Bibliography: p. 209-218.
GN476.73.B35 1996 <SciRR>
Cotton, C. M. Ethnobotany: principles and applications.
Chichester, Eng., New York, John Wiley & Sons, c1996. 424 p.
Bibliography: p. 375-399.
GN476.73.C67 1996 <SciRR>
Erichsen-Brown, Charlotte. Use of plants for the
past 500 years. Aurora, Ont., Breezy Creeks Press, c1979. 510
p.
Bibliography: p. 480-501.
GN560.U6E75 1979 <SciRR>
Ethnobotany: evolution of a discipline. Edited
by Richard Evans Schultes and Siri von Reis. Portland, Or., Dioscorides
Press, c1995. 414 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
GN476.73.E84 1995 <SciRR>
Martin, Gary J. Ethnobotany: a methods manual.
London, New York, Chapman & Hall, 1995. 268 p. (People and plant
conservation manuals, v. 1)
Not yet in LC collections
Bibliography: p. 253-261.
The Nature and status of ethnobotany. Edited
by Richard I. Ford, with a new introduction by Richard I. Ford.
2nd ed. Ann Arbor, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan,
1994. 428 p. (Anthropological papers, no. 67)
GN2.M5, no. 67
"Dedicated to Volney H. Jones."
"Published works of Volney H. Jones":
p. 419-428.
Includes bibliographical references.
Weiner, Michael A. Earth medicine--earth food:
plant remedies, drugs, and natural foods of the North American Indians.
lst Ballantine Books ed., rev. & expanded. New York, Ballantine
Books, c1991. 230 p.
Bibliography p. 217-218.
E98.M4W4 1991 <SciRR>
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Castetter, Edward Franklin. Uncultivated native
plants used as sources of food. Albuquerque, University of New
Mexico, 1935. 62 p. (Ethnobiological studies in the American Southwest,
1) (University of New Mexico bulletin, whole no. 266. Biological
series, v. 4, no. 1)
Bibliography: p. 57-59.
E78.S7C33
Densmore, Frances. How Indians use wild plants
for food, medicine, and crafts. New York, Dover, 1974. 119 p.
Reprint of Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians from the 44th
Annual report (1926/27) of the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology,
p. 279-397.
E99.C6D415 1974
Herrick, James W. Iroquois medical botany.
Edited with a foreword by Dean R. Snow. Syracuse, N.Y., Syracuse
University Press, 1995. 278 p.
Bibliography: p. 251-254.
E99.I7H47 1995
Johnston, A. Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge,
Alta., Lethbridge Historical Society, Historical Society of Alberta,
1987. 68 p. (Lethbridge Historical Society. Occasional paper, no.
15)
Bibliography: p. 64-66.
E99.S54J58 1987
Medicinal resources of the tropical forest: biodiversity
and its importance to human health. Edited by Michael J. Balick,
Elaine Elisabetsky, Sarah A. Laird. New York, Columbia University
Press, c1996. 440 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
RS164.M377 1996 <SciRR>
New directions in the study of plants and people:
research contributions from the Institute of Economic Botany.
Ghillean T. Prance and Michael J. Balick, editors. Bronx, N.Y.,
New York Botanical Garden, 1990. 278 p. (Advances in economic botany,
v. 8)
Includes bibliographical references.
SB108.A45N48 1990
Niethammer, Carolyn J. American Indian food and
lore. New York, Macmillan, 1974. 191 p.
Bibliography: p. 175-178.
E78.S7N53 1974
Schultes, Richard Evans, and Robert F. Raffauf. The
healing forest: medicinal and toxic plants of the northwest Amazonia.
Portland, Or., Dioscorides Press, c1990. 484 p. (Historical, ethno- & economic botany series, v. 2)
Bibliography: p. 475-476.
QK99.A47S38 1990 <SciRR>
Scully, Virginia. A treasury of American Indian
herbs: their lore and their use for food, drugs, and medicine.
New York, Crown Publishers, 1970. 306 p.
Bibliography: p. 296-302.
E98.B7S3 1970
Vogel, Virgil J. American Indian medicine.
Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1970. 583 p. (The Civilization
of the American Indian series, 95) Expanded version of the author's
thesis, University of Chicago.
Bibliography: p. 473-517.
E98.M4V6
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Berlin, Brent. Ethnobiological classification:
principles of categorization of plants and animals in traditional
societies. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, c1992.
335 p.
Bibliography: p. 291-308.
GN468.4.B47 1992
Davis, Wade. One river: explorations and discoveries
in the Amazon rain forest. New York, Simon & Schuster, c1996.
537 p.
Bibliography: p. 493-515.
GN20.D38 1996
Cole, John N. Amaranth, from the past for the future.
Emmaus, Pa., Rodale Press, c1979. 311 p.
Bibliography: p. 290-300.
SB191.A42C64
Duke, James A. The green pharmacy: new discoveries
in herbal remedies for common diseases and conditions from the world's
foremost authority on healing herbs. Emmaus, Pa., Rodale Press;
New York, Distributed in the book trade by St. Martin's Press, c1997.
507 p.
RM666.H33D847 1997 <SciRR>
Eating on the wild side: the pharmacologic, ecologic,
and social implications of using noncultigens. Nina L. Etkin,
editor. Tucson, University of Arizona Press, c1994. 305 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
GN476.73.E27 1994
Grime, William Ed. Ethno-botany of the Black Americans.
Algonac, Mich., Reference Publications, l979. 237 p.
Published in 1976 under the title, Botany of
the Black Americans.
Bibliography: p. 202-204.
E185.89.E8G74 1979 <SciRR>
Johns, Timothy. With bitter herbs they shall eat
it: chemical ecology and the origins of human diet and medicine.
Tucson, University of Arizona Press, c1990. 356 p.
Bibliography: p. 305-338.
GN476.73.J64 1990
Tyler, Varro E. The honest herbal: a sensible guide
to the use of herbs and related remedies. 3rd ed. New York,
Pharmaceutical Products Press, 1992. 375 p.
Rev. ed. of The new honest herbal.
Includes bibliographical references.
RM666.H33T94 1993 <SciRR>
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NORTH AMERICA
Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver
Island, by Nancy J. Turner and others. Victoria, B.C., Province
of British Columbia, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Govt.
Services, Provincial Secretary, Govt. of Canada, Parks Canada, Western
Region, c1983. 165 p. (Occasional papers of the British Columbia
Provincial Museum, no. 24)
Bibliography: p. 132-134.
QH71.V6A24, no. 24
Gilmore, Melvin R. Uses of plants by the Indians
of the Missouri River region. Enl. ed. Lincoln, University of
Nebraska Press, 1991. 125 p. Revision of the author's thesis, University
of Nebraska, 1914.
Includes bibliographical references.
E99.M82G55 1991
Hart, Jeff. Montana--native plants and early peoples.
Researched and written by Jeff Hart. Helena, Montana Historical
Society Press, 1992. 75 p.
Bibliography: p. 74-75.
E78.M9H28 1992
Holmes, Walter C. Flore louisiane: an ethno-botanical
study of French-speaking Louisiana. Lafayette, La., Center for
Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, c1990.
145 p.
Bibliography: p. 143-145.
QK164.H65 1990
Kindscher, Kelly. Medicinal wild plants of the
prairie: an ethnobotanical guide. Lawrence, University Press
of Kansas, c1992. 340 p.
Bibliography: p. 299-313.
E78.G73K56 1992
King, Frances B. Plants, people, and paleoecology:
biotic communities and aboriginal plant usage in Illinois. Springfield,
Ill., Illinois State Museum, 1984. 224 p. (Illinois State Museum.
Scientific papers, v. 20)
Bibliography: p. 209-216.
E78.I3K56 1984
Krauss, Beatrice H. Ethnobotany of the Hawaiians.
Honolulu, Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii, 1975.
32 p. (Harold L. Lyon Arboretum lecture, no. 5)
Bibliography: p. 31-32.
DU624.65.K7
Kuhnlein, Harriet V., and Nancy J. Turner. Traditional
plant foods of Canadian indigenous peoples: nutrition, botany, and
use. Philadelphia, Gordon and Breach, c1991. 633 p. (Food and
nutrition in history and anthropology, v. 8)
Bibliography: p. 485-512.
E78.C2K92 1991
Mead, George R. The ethnobotany of the California
Indians: a compendium of the plants, their users, and their uses.
Greeley, Museum of Anthropology, University of Northern Colorado,
1972- (Occasional publications in anthropology. Ethnology series,
no. 30, etc.)
E78.C15M4
Moore, Michael. Medicinal plants of the mountain
West: a guide to the identification, preparation, and uses of traditional
medicinal plants found in the mountains, foothills, and upland areas
of the American West. Santa Fe, N.M., Museum of New Mexico Press,
c1979. 200 p.
Bibliography: p. 194-196.
QK99.U6M66 1979
Turner, Nancy J. Food plants of coastal First Peoples.
Vancouver, UBC Press, c1995. 164 p. First published as Food Plants
of British Columbia Indians. Pt. 1. Coastal Peoples. British Columbia
Provincial Museum, 1975. (Handbook, no. 34)
Bibliography: p. 151-158.
E78.B9T87 1995
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe. The Zuni Indians and their
uses of plants. New York, Dover, 1993. 68 p.
Originally published as Ethnobotany of the
Zuni Indians, in the thirtieth Annual report of the Bureau of
American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
1908-1909. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1915.
E99.Z9S78 1993
Thompson ethnobotany: knowledge and usage of plants
by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. Nancy J. Turner
and others. Victoria, Royal British Columbia Museum, 1990. 335 p.
(Royal British Columbia Museum. Memoir, no. 3)
Includes bibliographical references.
E99.N96T39 1990
SOUTH AMERICABalee, William L. Footprints of the forest: Ka'apor
ethnobotany--the historical ecology of plant utilization by an Amazonian
people. New York, Columbia University Press, c1994. 396 p.
Bibliography: 363-382.
F2520.1.U7B35 1994
Bastien, Joseph William. Healers of the Andes:
Kallawaya herbalists and their medicinal plants. Salt Lake City,
University of Utah Press, 1987. 198 p.
Bibliography, p. 182-190.
F3320.2.C3B365 1987
Mahabir, Noor Kumar. Medicinal and edible plants
used by East Indians of Trinidad & Tobago. 2nd ed. Trinidad,
W.I., Chakra Pub. House, 1991. 166 p.
Bibliography, p. 158-160.
F2119.M35 1991
Morton, Julia Frances. Atlas of medicinal plants
of Middle America: Bahamas to Yucatan. Springfield, Ill, Thomas,
c1981. 1420 p.
Bibliography: p. 1297-1319.
QK99.C315M67 <SciRR>
Plotkin, Mark J. Tales of a shaman's apprentice:
an ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rain forest.
New York, Viking, 1993. 318 p.
Bibliography: p. 291-297.
F2230.1.B7P56 1993
Seaforth, C. E. Natural products in Caribbean folk
medicine. St. Augustine, Trinidad, W.I., University of the West
Indies, c1988. 140 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
RS164.S475 1988
Schultes, Richard Evans. Where the gods reign:
plants and peoples of the Colombian Amazon. Oracle, Ariz., Synergetic
Press, c1988. 306 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
F2270.S38 1988
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Boyle, Wade. Official herbs: botanical substances
in the United States pharmacopoeias, 1820-1990. East Palestine,
Ohio, Buckeye Naturopathic Press, c1991. 77 p.
RS141.2.B68 1991
Heiser, Charles Bixler, Jr. Seed to civilization:
the story of food. New ed. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University
Press, 1990. 228 p.
Bibliography: p. 217-221.
S419.H44 1990
Hiles, Harold T. Guide to protein and nutritional
values of plants used by Native Americans of the Southwest.
Fairacres, N.M., H. T. Hailes, c1993. 119 p.
Bibliography: p. 103-119.
E78.S7H66 1993
Kavasch, E. Barrie. Native harvests: recipes and
botanicals of the American Indian. New York, Vintage Books,
1979. 202 p.
Bibliography: p. 183-188.
E98.F7K38 1979b
Nabhan, Gary Paul. Enduring seeds: Native American
agriculture and wild plant conservation. San Francisco, North
Point Press, 1989. 225 p.
Bibliography: p. 205-217.
E98.A3N33 1989
Prehistoric food production in North America.
Edited by Richard I. Ford. Ann Arbor, Museum of Anthropology, University
of Michigan, 1985. 411 p. (Anthropological papers, no. 75)
Bibliography: p. 365-411.
GN2.M5, no. 75
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Duke, James. A. Handbook of northeastern Indian
medicinal plants. Lincoln, Mass., Quarterman Publications, c1986.
212 p. (Bioactive plants, v. 3)
Bibliography: p. 172-174.
E98.E2D85 1986
Duke, James A., and Rodolfo Vasquez. Amazonian
ethnobotanical dictionary. Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, c1994.
215 p.
Bibliography: p. 213-215.
GN564.P4D85 1994 <SciRR>
Handbook of Latin American studies. 1935- Austin,
University of Texas.
Also available on the Internet. Search under term,
Ethnobotany.
Z1605.H23 <MRR Alc>
Hutchens, Alma R. A handbook of native American
herbs. Boston, Shambhala; New York, Distributed in the U.S.
by Random House, 1992. 256 p.
E98.B7H87 1992
Lyon, William S. Encyclopedia of Native American
healing. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, c1996. 373 p.
Bibliography: p. 335-351.
E98.M4L96 1996
Moerman, Daniel E. American medical ethnobotany:
a reference dictionary. New York, Garland Pub., 1977. 527 p.
(Garland reference library of social science, v. 34)
Includes bibliographical references.
E98.M4M67
Ratsch, Christian. The dictionary of sacred and
magical plants. Translated by John Baker. Santa Barbara, Calif.,
ABC-CLIO, 1992. 223 p.
Rev. translation of Lexikon der Zauberpflanzen.
Bibliography: p. 185-211.
GR780.R3813 1992
Selected guidelines for ethnobotanical research:
a field manual. Edited by Miguel N. Alexiades, with assistance
from Jennie Wood Sheldon. Bronx, N.Y., New York Botanical Garden,
1996. 306 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
GN476.73.S453 1996
Von Reis, Siri. Drugs and foods from little-known
plants; notes in Harvard University herbaria. Cambridge, Mass.,
Harvard University Press, 1973. 366 p.
Bibliography: p. 345.
QK99.A567 <SciRR>
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Ethnobotany and the search for new drugs. G. T. Prance,
Derek J. Chadwick (organizer) and Joan Marsh. Chichester, Eng.,
New York, Wiley, 1994. 280 p. (Ciba Foundation symposium, 185)
"Symposium on Ethnobotany and the Search
for New Drugs, held at the Hotel Praia Centro, Fortaleza, Brazil,
30 November--2 December 1993."
Includes bibliographical references.
RS164.E84 1984
Ethnobotany in the Neotropics Symposium (1983, Oxford.
Ohio). Ethnobotany in the neotropics: proceedings. ... Society
for Economic Botany, 13-14, June 1983, Oxford, Ohio. Edited by G.
T. Prance & J. A. Kallunki. Bronx, N.Y., New York Botanical Garden.
1984. 156 p. (Advances in economic botany, v. 1)
F2519.1.A6E87 1983
Ethnopharmacologic search for psychoactive drugs.
Daniel H. Efron, editor-in-chief, Bo Holmstedt, co-editor, Nathan
S. Kline, co-editor. New York, Raven Press, 1979. 468 p.
Proceedings of a symposium held in San Francisco,
Jan. 28-30, 1967.
Includes bibliographical references.
RM315.E86 1979
European Symposium on Ethnopharmacology (1st, 1990,
Metz, France). Ethnopharmacologie, sources, methodes, objectifs:
actes du 1er Colloque europeen d'ethnopharmacologie, Metz, Centre
international des congres, 23-25 mars 1990. Organise par Societe
francaise d'ethnopharmacologie. Textes reunis et presentes par Jacques
Fleurentin ... et al. Paris, Editions de l'ORSTOM; Metz, Societe
francaise d'ethnopharmacologie, 1991. 493 p.
Collection Colloques et seminaries (O.R.S.T.O.M.
(Agency: France)).
French and English.
Includes bibliographical references.
RS160.E97 1991
Sustainable harvest and marketing of rain forest
products. Edited by Mark Plotkin and Lisa Famolare. Washington,
Island Press, c1992. 325 p.
Proceedings of a meeting sponsored by Conservation
International and the Asociacion Nacional para la Conservacion de
la Naturaleza, held in Panama City on June 20-21, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references.
SD387.S87S86 1992
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Dissertations can be located by using the following print indexes
located in the Library's Main Reading Room, or on CD-ROM and/or
online:
Comprehensive Dissertation Index 1861/1972- (1973-
annual) Z5053.X47 1973
Dissertation Abstracts International (1938- monthly) Z5053.D57
Dissertation Abstracts Ondisc (CD-ROM--same coverage as print
volumes)
Masters Abstracts International (1962-1985) Z5055.U49M3
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Selected Dissertations available in the Microform Reading Room:
Benzecry, Alice. Ethnobotany, anatomy and taxonomy
of five tropical lianas of Coto Brus. Ann Arbor, University
Microfilms, 1994. 2 microfiche, 4 x 6 in.
Collation of the original: 115 p.
Bibliography: p. 107-115.
Thesis (doctoral)--City University of New York,
1993.
UMI Microfiche 94-05498 <MicRR>
Laferriere, Joseph E. Optimal use of ethnobotanical
resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. Ann Arbor,
University Microfilms, 1991. 3 microfiche, 4 x 6 in.
Collation of the original: 266 p.
Bibliography: p. 230-266.
Thesis (doctoral)--University of Arizona, 1991.
UMI Microfiche 91-36850 <MicRR>
Mallory, Jane Maureen. Common medicinal ethnobotany
of the major ethnic groups in the Toledo district of Belize, Central
America. Ann Arbor, University Microfilms, 1991. 3 microfiche,
4 x 6 in.
Collation of the original: 256 p.
Bibliography: 247-256.
Thesis (masters)--California State University,
Fullerton, 1991.
UMI Microfiche 13-43978 <MicRR>
Marles, Robert James. The ethnopharmacology of
the lowland Quichua of eastern Ecuador. Ann Arbor, University
Microfilms, 1989. 3 microfiche, 4 x 6 in.
Collation of the original: 213 p.
Bibliography: p. 188-211.
Thesis (doctoral)--University of Illinois at Chicago,
Health Sciences Center, 1988.
UMI Microfiche 89-14130 <MicRR>
Mead, George R. The Indians of the Redwood Belt
of California: an ethnobotanical approach to culture area. Ann
Arbor, University Microfilms, 1971. 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm.
Collation of the original: 123 p.
Bibliography: p. 120-123.
Thesis (doctoral)--Washington State University,
1971.
UMI Microfilm 71-28784 <MicRR>
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Irvine, F. R. Bibliography of wild food plants
of Canadian Indians. Washington, Bureau of American Ethnology,
Smithsonian Institution, 1963. 13 p.
Mimeographed copy.
Edible Wild Plants Pamphlet box <SciRR>
Irvine, F. R. Bibliography of wild food plants
of United States Indians. Washington, Bureau of American Ethnology,
Smithsonian Institution, 1959. 26 p.
Mimeographed copy.
Edible Wild Plants Pamphlet box <SciRR>
Lynas, Lothian. Medicinal and food plants of North
American Indians: a bibliography. New York, Library of the New
York Botanical Garden, 1972. 21 p.
Z1209.2.N67L92 <SciRR>
Meil, Joanne, comp. New world plants and their
uses: a guide to selected literature and genetic resources, 1980-1993.
Beltsville, Md., National Agricultural Library, 1993. 38 p.
QK98.4.A1M45 1993 <SciRR>
McCarthy, Susan A. Ethnobotany and medicinal plants.
Beltsville, Md., National Agricultural Library, 1992. 2 v. (Quick
bibliography series, QB92- 66, QB(93-02)
Z5354.M42M35 1992 <SciRR>
Robson, John R. K., and Joel N. Elias. The nutritional
value of indigenous wild plants: an annotated bibliography.
Troy, N.Y., Whitston Pub. Co., 1978. 232 p.
Z5354.E33R63 <SciRR>
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Abstracting and indexing services that index relevant journal
articles and other literature on ethnobotany in North and South
America are listed below. Some suggested terms for searching are
"Ethnobotany," "Ethnobiology," "Ethnobotanical," "Indians of North
America--Ethnobotany," "Indians of North America--Plants and Plant-lore,"
Indians of South America--Ethnobotany," "Indians of South America--Plants
and Plant-lore," "Medicinal Plants," "Medicine, Herbal" and variations
of these terms. Most of these services also index to the names
of individual tribes or groups of indigenous peoples as well as
to the scientific and common names of specific plants. Consult
reference librarian for location of these materials in the Science
Reading Room. Several of these titles may also be available on
CD-ROM terminals or on-line.
Agricola (1970-)
Computer Format
Biological & Agricultural Index (1916-)
Z5073.A46 <SciRR A&I> and Computer Format
Biological Abstracts (1967-)
QH301.B37 <SciRR A&I> and Computer Format
General Science Index (1978-)
Z7401.G46 <SciRR A&I> and Computer Format
Index Medicus (1960-)
Z6660.I422 <SciRR A&I> and Computer
Format
Magazine Index
Available in several formats at LC
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
(1895-)
Z1233.A18
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-)
AI3.R45 and Computer Format
Science Citation Index (1965-)
See especially Permuterm Subject Index (1965-)
for entries under relevant keywords.
Z7401.S365 <SciRR A&I> and CD-ROM
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Journals that often contain relevant articles inlcude the following:
Conservation Biology |
QH75.A1C665 |
Economic Botany |
SB1.E3 |
Journal of Ethnobiology |
GN476.7.J68 |
Journal of Ethnopharmacology |
National Library of Medicine |
Journal of Natural Products |
QH1.L94 |
Planta Medica |
RS164.P7 |
Plants & People: Society for Economic Botany
Newsletter |
National Agricultural Library |
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Anderson, M. Kat. The ethnobotany of deergrass, Muhlenbergia
rigens (Poaceae): its uses and fire management by California Indian
tribes. Economic botany, v. 50, Oct./Dec. 1996: 409-422.
SB1.E3
Gilmore, Melvin R. Importance of ethnobotanical investigation.
American anthropologist, v. 34, Apr./June 1932: 320-327.
GN1.A5
Hosler, Denise M., and Michael A Mikita. Ethnobotany:
the chemist's source for the identification of useful natural products.
Journal of chemical education, v. 64, Apr. 1987: 328-332.
QD1.J93
Kendler, Barry S., Helen G. Koritz, and Arnold Gibaldi.
Introducing students to ethnobotany. American biology teacher,
v. 54, Jan. 1992: 46-50.
QH1.A275
Laferriere, Joseph E., and Terence E. Hays. Recent
doctoral dissertations of interest to ethnobiologists XIII. Journal
of ethnobiology, v. 15, winter 1995: 281-286.
This review of doctoral dissertations appears
annually in the winter issue, beginning in 1984; the first article
appeared in 1982.
GN476.7.J68
Longuefosse, Jean-Louis, and Emmanuel Nossin. Medical
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Selected Materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet
box to accompany this title include:
Abbott, Isabella A. Ethnobotany of seaweeds: clues
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Begossi, Alpina. Use of ecological methods in ethnobotany:
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Flores, Jose Salvador, and Rita Vermont Ricalde. The
secretions and exudates of plants used in Mayan traditional medicine.
Journal of herbs, spices & medicinal plants, v. 4, no. 1,
1966: 53-59.
Kahn, E. J., Jr. Jungle botanist: Richard Evans Schultes
profile. New Yorker, v. 68, June 1, 1992: 35-57.
McKenna, Dennis. Plant wisdom resources. Whole
earth review, no. 64, fall 1989: 48-49.
Montgomery, Rob. Ethnobotanical research field kit.
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Motley, Timothy J. The ethnobotany of sweet flag,
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1994: 397-412.
Roach, Mary. Secrets of the shamans. Discover,
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Schultes, Richard E. Ethnobotany and technology in
the north-west Amazon: example of a partnership. Environmental
conservation, v. 18, no. 3, 1991: 264-267.
Van Gils, Carl., and Paul A. Cox. Ethnobotany of nutmeg
in the Spice Islands. Journal of ethnopharmacology, v. 42,
Apr. 1994: 117-124.
Willis, Lynn. Touring the Internet: sites for information
on chemical technology and innovation. ChemTech. v. 27, Jan.
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Waller, Donald P. Methods in ethnopharmacology. Journal
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Ethnobotany Specialist Group
c/o Prof. Richard Evans Schultes
Botanical Museum
Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495-2326
Fax: (617) 495-5667
Scientists interested in the conservation of tropical rain forests
and the knowledge and use of jungle plants by local inhabitants.
Conducts research and maintains a library.
Society of Ethnobiology
c/o Gayle Fritz
Dept. of Anthropology
Washington University
Campus Box 1114
St. Louis, MO 63130
Telephone: (314) 935-8588
Fax: (314) 935-8535
Individuals and institutions interested in the relationship between
plants and animals and specific peoples or regions, which can also
include the study of the medicinal uses of plant and animal products.
Publishes the Journal of Ethnobiology and maintains a library.
Also, the Internet offers a growing number of ethnobotanical sites,
such as Access Excellence: Botany Websites--a site to unify
global information regarding ethnobotanical research. This site,
built and maintained by the Missouri Botanical Garden and Harvard
University Herbaria, provides a link to a wealth of botanical resources
(URL: http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/botany.html).
Ethnobotany sites may include records of plant uses world-wide,
interviews with ethnobotanists, descriptions of courses, photographs
of herbaria specimens, textual material, bibliographies, and/or
links to still other ethnobotanical sites on the Web.
Compiled August 1997
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