Showing papers by "Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana published in 2006"
TL;DR: This paper compiles and evaluates the ethnobotanical data currently available on wild plants traditionally used for human consumption in Spain, and highlights the rich traditional knowledge on edible plants that has remained in rural Spain.
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TL;DR: Three distinct methods were used successfully in the retrospective exploration of diachronic data in ethnopharmacology, using a botanico-historical approach, one that combines linguistic and statistical methods, and one that uses historical documentary evidence.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors searched this and other works of Cervantes for references to plants, plant communities, and products, and found that the taxa with the highest frequency of occurrence are Vitis vinifera, Phoenix dactylifera and Arundo donax.
Abstract: El Ingenioso Hidalgo, Don Quijote de la Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), is the best-known work of Spanish literature. We searched this and the other works of Cervantes for references to plants, plant communities, and products. These texts capture the customs, thoughts, beliefs, and traditions of Spanish culture in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. They also repeat literary themes of ancient Greek and Roman literature. Plant citations were grouped in three categories: plants as part of the environment, useful plants, and plants in symbolic expressions. A total of 150 species were registered, 102 of which appear in Don Quijote. The taxa with the highest frequency of occurrence are Vitis vinifera, Phoenix dactylifera, Triticum aestivum, Laurus nobilis, Rosa spp., Olea europaea, Quercus ilex, and Arundo donax. The number of references to plants and the variety of species seem to attest to a sound and intimate knowledge of plants, their relevance as a landscape feature, and their uti...
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01 Jan 2006
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