Many herbal products have a long history of use, but there are increasing concerns over
product efficacy, safety and quality in the wake of recent cases exposing discrepancies between …

In eastern Mediterranean countries orchids continue to be collected from the wild for the
production of salep, a beverage made of dried orchid tubers. In this study we used nrITS1 and …

Background The economic value of ginseng in the global medicinal plant trade is estimated
to be in excess of US$2.1 billion. At the same time, the evolutionary placement of ginseng (…

The Caesalpinieae grade (Leguminosae) forms a morphologically and ecologically diverse
group of mostly tropical tree species with a complex evolutionary history. This grade …

Traditional crop varieties are an important source of genetic diversity for crop adaptation and
modern breeding. Landraces of Asian (Oryza sativa) and African (Oryza glaberrima) rice …

The global market of the medicinal plant ginseng is worth billions of dollars. Many ginseng
species are threatened in the wild and effective sustainable development initiatives are …

In this paper, past plant knowledge serves as a case study to highlight the promise and
challenges of interdisciplinary data collection and interpretation in cultural evolution. Plants are …

Retracing pathways of historical species introductions is fundamental to understanding the
factors involved in the successful colonization and spread, centuries after a species’ …

… de Boer and Vincent Manzanilla. Vincent Manzanilla did the design of the study and …
Hollingsworth and Vincent Manzanilla wrote the manuscript. All authors provided contributions to …

Differences in gendered knowledge about plants are contingent on specific cultural domains.
Yet the boundaries between these domains, for example food and medicine, are …