Ethnobotanical History: Duckweeds in Different Civilizations

This presentation examines the history of duckweeds in Chinese, Christian, Greek, Hebrew, Hindu, Japanese, Maya, Muslim, and Roman cultures and details the usage of these diminutive freshwater plants from ancient times through the Middle Ages. We find that duckweeds were widely distributed geographi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marvin Edelman, Klaus-Juergen Appenroth, K. Sowjanya Sree, Tokitaka Oyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/16/2124