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The study of traditional markets is a useful tool in the development of studies on species management and conservation because it allows us to identify the species under collection pressure as well as the intensity of their collection. The BMercado de Jamaica^ in Mexico City, Mexico, is one of the main places where cut flowers and foliage are sold. Given that wild bromeliads commercialized in Mexico originate from natural populations, their collection has put certain species at risk, and developing management and conservation programs for them has become an urgent priority. Hence, we carried out an ethnobotanical study focused exclusively on bromeliads used as cut flowers and/or foliage. To obtain information on the species, plant parts, number of plants sold, and vendor characteristics, we made monthly visits to the Mercado de Jamaica over a year (January 2014 to January 2015) to conduct semistructured interviews with bromeliad vendors. We also bought species samples for taxonomic identification. Twelve species belonging to the genus Tillandsia L. were identified, 66% of which are endemic to Mexico. Approximately 60,300 inflorescences and/or whole plants are sold per year. Tillandsia punctulata Schltdl. & Cham. was sold the most (16,200 plants), followed by Tillandsia makoyana Baker (9,200 inflorescences). Sale prices varied between MXN 10– 70 (Mexican pesos). Bromeliads were collected from the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Michoacán. Of the 10 bromeliad vendors, 60% were collectors between 26 and 65 years old. The collection of wild bromeliads for sale as cut flowers or foliage could have a strong impact on the conservation of these species because of the loss of adult individuals—adulthood being the most vulnerable stage in the life cycles of these plants. This loss, along with the loss of inflorescences, which eliminates the seeds that give rise to new individuals and constantly colonize new trees, could threaten the survival of epiphytic bromeliad populations. El estudio de la venta de especies silvestres en los mercados, es una herramienta muy útil en el desarrollo de estudios de manejo y conservación de especies, ya que nos permiten identificar cuáles especies están sufriendo presiones de recolección, así como la intensidad de las mismas. El mercado de Jamaica de la Ciudad de México es uno de los principales centros de oferta y comercialización de flores de corte y follajes del país. En 2010 se reportó la venta de 60 especies de plantas silvestres en dicho mercado, de las cuales 12 pertenecían a la familia Bromeliaceae. Dado que la mayoría de las bromelias silvestres comercializadas en México provienen del saqueo de poblaciones naturales y que esto, ha puesto en riesgo a ciertas especies, se hace prioritario desarrollar planes para su manejo y conservación. Por ello, se planteó desarrollar un estudio etnobotánico exclusivamente de las bromelias utilizadas como follaje y/o flor de corte. Para obtener información acerca de las especies, partes y cantidades comercializados, así como características de los
Journal of Ethnobiology
Vernacular Knowledge of Bromeliaceae Species Among the Wichí People of the Gran Chaco, Argentina2010 •
To illustrate and analyze how Bromeliaceae species are used, perceived and conceived by the Wichi people of the Semiarid Chaco, phytonomy, morphology, organoleptic characteristics and other features of the plants are described from a Wichí perspective, placing emphasis on an analysis of linguistic expressions. Fieldwork was carried out in five settlements located in the northeast region of the province of Salta, Argentina. The information was gathered through open-ended and semi-structured interviews as well as participant observation. Our results reveal a correlation between the importance of each species and the type of phytonym used to name it. The majority of names for plant parts are also used to refer to animal or human body parts; this polysemy is explained by functional, morphological and positional similarities, and mythical associations. Some organoleptic characteristics and the existence of a spirit ‘‘owner’’ of Bromeliaceae species suggest that they have features of animacy. For the Wichı´s, the Bromeliaceae are closely related and may comprise a distinct ethnocategory.
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Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas
Sendero interpretativo de orquídeas y bromelias en Tepexilotla, Chocamán, Veracruz2018 •
La comunidad rural de Tepexilotla, perteneciente al municipio de Chocamán, Veracruz, México, está enclavada en un área de Bosque Mesófilo de Montaña (BMM) y con el fin de aprovechar la alta biodiversidad de este ecosistema, mediante la explotación de un sendero interpretativo que promueva la educación, la conservación de la biodiversidad del BMM y el desarrollo económico de la comunidad. El presente trabajo propone un sendero interpretativo cuyo fin es la educación de los visitantes al recorrer un sendero enfocado en las especies de orquídeas y bromelias silvestres, plantas atractivas por su belleza y valor económico, con el fin de reducir la extracción ilegal. Esta propuesta es el resultado de talleres participativos, entrevistas y recorridos en el bosque para seleccionar sitios e identificar especies. Integra ochos puntos localizados sobre la ribera del río Metlac y tiene una distancia de 4.4 km, que se recorren en un tiempo de 4:30 h. Durante el recorrido el visitante puede conoc...
Economic Botany
Proximate composition and biological activity of food plants gathered by chilean Amerindians1999 •
2010 •
Anurans from an inselberg in southeastern Brazil were studied using a sample ofsixty tank of bromeliads Alcantharea sp. We found 153 tadpoles of S. arduous, 21adults of S. arduous, 30 adults of T. miliaris, and two adults of Scinax x-signatus,which were not considered in our analyses. Tadpoles of S. arduous were present in35% of the analyzed plants. Adults of S. arduous (bromeligeneous) occurred in 25%of analyzed plants, while adults of T. miliaris (bromelicolous) occurred in 30%.Apparently the presence of toe pads in S. arduous allow them to occupy the centerportion of bromeliads, while T. miliaris, which lack pads on their toes, were foundon the base of the plant axils. The number of anuran species and the abundance ofindividuals found were low. This may be a result of the high altitude of our studiedsite or a restriction imposed by the saxicolous environment, such as high temperaturesand low humidity during the day. Both species can be considered generalist feedersdue to their wi...
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It has been estimated that 369,000 species of flowering plants are known to science (RBG Kew 2016) and that the planet harbors somewhere between 400,000 (Gaston 2010) and perhaps 450,000 (Pimm and Joppa 2015) species of flowering plants total. Between 30,000 and 50,000 plants may be edible in some form to people (SEB n.d.; FAO 1985). Of these edible species, estimates of the numbers that have been used as food by people somewhere at some time range from 7,000 (FAO n.d.) to 12,000 (Kunkel 1984). Perhaps 3,000 (Shand 2005) to 6,000 (Chweya and Mnzava 1997) taxa of plants are still harvested with some regularity for use as food or in food products worldwide. Yet despite this vast endowment of edible plants, relatively few species have come to dominate human diets. For example, Myers (1984) reported that 7 crops provide 75% of human nutrition, Robert and Christine Prescott-Allen (1990) found that 103 species account for 90% of the global food supply, and Padulosi and Pignone (1997) documented only 150 commercialized species of edible plants around the world. Elusive though the exact number of how many edible plants exist and how many dominate in providing human nutrition, it is easy to identify a list of the principle crops including: sugarcane, maize, rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, beets, cassava (manioc), tomatoes, bananas/plantains, citrus, barley, watermelons, sweet potatoes, onions, apples, grapes, cabbage and other leafy brassicas, cucumbers and gherkins, rapeseed (for oil), yams, sorghum, coconuts, eggplant, beans, cottonseed (for oil), mangoes, peanuts, sunflower seed, peppers (Capsicum), melons, peas, millet, pears, lettuce, squash, garlic, spinach and oats. Although it might be nice to have precise numbers relating to specific questions with well-defined criteria in addressing the question of “how many plants feed the world,” the real value in this discussion is the knowledge that the diets of most contemporary people are not as diverse as they could be and not as diverse as perhaps they should be for optimal nutrition, culinary interest, gastronomic enjoyment, food security and the overall sustainability of food systems. Despite recent food movements (e.g., “slow food” and “local food”), as a society, we ask few probing questions about the foods we eat, we know little about where and how they are grown and processed, we are largely incapable of identifying food plant origins, we are disconnected from the importance of the wild relatives of our favorite foods that help maintain healthy crops, and we wonder little about how many desirable edible plants we might be missing. In general, we demand only that our food satisfies our palates (which is easily done with fat, sugar and salt), curbs hunger and provides basic nutrients and calories. The hope for this dictionary is to help draw attention to the potential of the tremendous diversity of food plants in the Americas by documenting their origins, uses and common names. We do not contend that all of the plants presented have commercial potential, but merely that nature’s food pantry is wide, deep and scarcely appreciated. Contained in 3,990 entries the compendium includes: • More than 4,100 taxa, mostly at the species level, with some subspecies, hybrids and varieties; • 6,854 Latin names including synonyms; • More than 31,000 common names primarily in English, Portuguese and Spanish, with some from French-speaking areas and Suriname, as well as many from indigenous languages. Common names in indigenous languages generally are listed under the dominant language of the region with the native language in parentheses. Many of the native names are spelled phonetically. Information has been derived from extensive fieldwork by the authors along with consulting 2,325 secondary references. The entries are organized by genus and species. The status of the Latin names follows The Plant List and Tropicos from the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG-Tropicos).
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine
Local botanical knowledge of native food plants in the semiarid region of Brazil2018 •
This study aimed to investigate the local botanical knowledge of native food plants in three rural communities, located in the semiarid region of Paraíba State, Brazil, verifying possibilities of differences of knowledge among communities and between men and women. Semi-structured interviews about native plant knowledge and use were conducted with all householders in each community, totaling 117 informants. The species similarity among the communities of Pau D'Arco, Várzea Alegre, and Barroquinha was compared with Jaccard index, and the use value index (UV, UV, UV) was used to determine the most important species. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare the use values among communities and genders. The consensus factor among the informants was calculated according to the uses cited, and the Wilcoxon test was used to compare the use values between men and women. We recorded 9 species belonging to 8 genera and 8 families in Várzea Alegre; 10 species, 9 genera, and 9 families i...
Ornamental Horticulture
Ornamental and landscape potential of a bromeliad native to the CerradoBromelia reversacantha Mez is an endemic species of the Cerrado Biome, for which there is no published data about its ornamental potentiality. The objective was to identify the ornamental and landscape potential of this bromeliad native from Cerrado. In September 2015, researchers specialized in the field of native plants evaluated the vegetative, reproductive and aesthetic characteristics of twenty plants of natural occurrence in the Biological Reserve Prof. José Ângelo Rizzo, in Mossâmedes, GO. In a scale of zero to ten, the bromeliad received an average score of 7.1 for the ornamental aspect, being 7.4; 7.3 and 6.6 respectively for the flowering plant, plant with fruits, and plant in the vegetative stage. The vigorous size, contrast, and color of the leaves and bracts, the showy inflorescence, the flowers, and fruits were shown as ornamental attributes. Bromelia reversacantha presents several characteristics favorable to its introduction in landscape projects, suggesting the use ...
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Western American Literature
Intertextual and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cormac McCarthy by Nicholas Monk (review)2013 •
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Maintenance Therapy of Psychosis Spectrum Disorders in a Real-World Setting: Antipsychotics Prescription Patterns and Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use2022 •
Plant Biotechnology Reports
Broad-specificity amino acid racemase, a novel non-antibiotic selectable marker for transgenic plants2018 •
Revista Águas Subterrâneas
Longevity of Micro-Scale Zvi and Organic Carbon in Permeable Reactive Barrier Applications2011 •
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Multilevel Thresholding for Image Segmentation Through an Improved Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Algorithm2010 •
ITEJ (Information Technology Engineering Journals)
Penerapan IoT untuk Kota Cerdas2018 •
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Maternal & Child Nutrition
Determinants of inappropriate complementary feeding practices in young children in Sri Lanka: secondary data analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2006–20072011 •
Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods
Extraction of brown dye fromEucalyptusbark and its applications in food storage2019 •
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
A full compensating system for general loads, based on a combination of thyristor binary compensator, and a pwm-igbt active power filter2003 •
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Radiocarbon age-offsets in an arctic lake reveal the long-term response of permafrost carbon to climate change2014 •
Neurochemical Research
Adenine Nucleotide Hydrolysis in Patients with Aseptic and Bacterial Meningitis2014 •
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Applied Intelligence
Possibility theory in constraint satisfaction problems: Handling priority, preference and uncertainty1996 •
Análise da Ambientalização Curricular em cursos de Direito no interior do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil
Análise da Ambientalização Curricular em cursos de Direito no interior do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil Analysis of Curriculum Environmentalization in Law Courses in the countryside of São Paulo State, Brazil