In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are p... more In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.
This study reports on the ethnobotanical knowledge in the area of Agro Nocerino Sarnese to help c... more This study reports on the ethnobotanical knowledge in the area of Agro Nocerino Sarnese to help complete the knowledge of the traditional plant use in Campania region. Medical applications have been focused and analysed using quantitative indices. Materials and methods: Fieldwork was conducted from March 2014 to October 2016 applying a snowball sampling approach and in total 60 informants were interviewed, the average age of informants was 72 years. In addition Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC), Informant Consensus Factor (Fic ) and Fidelity level (Fl) were calculated. Results: In total 93 taxa belonging to 41 families have been reported by informants. The 767 use reports concern medical applications (613), culinary uses (87) and domestic uses (67). Eighty-one species were reported for medical applications, the most cited plants are: Matricaria chamomilla (56 use-reports), Solanum lycopersicum (29), Allium sativum (28), Lactuca sativa (28), Malva sylvestris (27), Citrus x limon (26) and Foeniculum vulgare (25). Conclusion: The present study confirms the persistence of traditional plant use in the Campania region and highlights the need of ethnobotanical research in areas where industrial development has increasing the loss of traditional cultures.
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are p... more In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.
This study reports on the ethnobotanical knowledge in the area of Agro Nocerino Sarnese to help c... more This study reports on the ethnobotanical knowledge in the area of Agro Nocerino Sarnese to help complete the knowledge of the traditional plant use in Campania region. Medical applications have been focused and analysed using quantitative indices. Materials and methods: Fieldwork was conducted from March 2014 to October 2016 applying a snowball sampling approach and in total 60 informants were interviewed, the average age of informants was 72 years. In addition Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC), Informant Consensus Factor (Fic ) and Fidelity level (Fl) were calculated. Results: In total 93 taxa belonging to 41 families have been reported by informants. The 767 use reports concern medical applications (613), culinary uses (87) and domestic uses (67). Eighty-one species were reported for medical applications, the most cited plants are: Matricaria chamomilla (56 use-reports), Solanum lycopersicum (29), Allium sativum (28), Lactuca sativa (28), Malva sylvestris (27), Citrus x limon (26) and Foeniculum vulgare (25). Conclusion: The present study confirms the persistence of traditional plant use in the Campania region and highlights the need of ethnobotanical research in areas where industrial development has increasing the loss of traditional cultures.
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Materials and methods: Fieldwork was conducted from March 2014 to October 2016 applying a snowball sampling approach and in total 60 informants were interviewed, the average age of informants was 72 years. In addition Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC), Informant Consensus Factor (Fic ) and Fidelity level (Fl) were calculated.
Results: In total 93 taxa belonging to 41 families have been reported by informants. The 767 use reports concern medical applications (613), culinary uses (87) and domestic uses (67). Eighty-one species were reported for medical applications, the most cited plants are: Matricaria chamomilla (56 use-reports), Solanum lycopersicum (29), Allium sativum (28), Lactuca sativa (28), Malva sylvestris (27), Citrus x limon (26) and Foeniculum vulgare (25).
Conclusion: The present study confirms the persistence of traditional plant use in the Campania region and highlights the need of ethnobotanical research in areas where industrial development has increasing the loss of traditional cultures.
Materials and methods: Fieldwork was conducted from March 2014 to October 2016 applying a snowball sampling approach and in total 60 informants were interviewed, the average age of informants was 72 years. In addition Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC), Informant Consensus Factor (Fic ) and Fidelity level (Fl) were calculated.
Results: In total 93 taxa belonging to 41 families have been reported by informants. The 767 use reports concern medical applications (613), culinary uses (87) and domestic uses (67). Eighty-one species were reported for medical applications, the most cited plants are: Matricaria chamomilla (56 use-reports), Solanum lycopersicum (29), Allium sativum (28), Lactuca sativa (28), Malva sylvestris (27), Citrus x limon (26) and Foeniculum vulgare (25).
Conclusion: The present study confirms the persistence of traditional plant use in the Campania region and highlights the need of ethnobotanical research in areas where industrial development has increasing the loss of traditional cultures.