Ethnobotany and Conservation of Biocultural Diversity. Adv Econ Bot (15) fertilizer The family is most widespread

The family is most widespread in temperate areas and is chiefly distributed at higher altitudes in the tropical and subtropical zones

IV reports on hitherto undescribed species and new records for the Dominican Republic

Of the 13 endemics

The main focus in this volume is placed on the process and the running of the expeditions

Ethnobotany and Conservation of Biocultural Diversity. Adv Econ Bot (15) fertilizer The family is most widespreadThe field of ethnobotany (and more generally ethnobiology) traces its roots to two distinct research traditions: a long standing interest in how human societies around the world make use of plants (and animals) in their local environments; and a more recent (mid 1950's onward) interest in how humans perceive, classify, and name the natural world. Ethnobotany and Conservation of Biocultural Diversity is based in part on a symposium by the same title