Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

Abstract Background The Republic of Georgia is part of the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot, and human agricultural plant use dates back at least 6000 years. Over the last years, lots of ethnobotanical research on the area has been published. In this paper, we analyze the use of food plants in the 80%...

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Main Authors: Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana, Inayat Ur Rahman, Zaal Kikvidze, Shalva Sikharulidze, David Kikodze, David Tchelidze, Manana Khutsishvili, Ketevan Batsatsashvili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-12-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Republic of Georgia
Caucasus
Traditional Knowledge
Knowledge loss
Food plants
Conservation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-021-00490-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-021-00490-9

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