Gathered food plants in the mountains of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain): Ethnobotany and multivariate analysis |
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Authors: | Diego Rivera Concepción Obón Cristina Inocencio Michael Heinrich Alonso Verde José Fajardo José Antonio Palazón |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain;(2) Departamento de Biología Aplicada, EPSO, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain;(3) Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, The School of Pharmacy, Univ. London, 29-39 Brunswick Sq, WC1N 1AX London, UK;(4) Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain |
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Abstract: | Gathered food plants (GFPs) (wild and weeds) are crucial for understanding traditional Mediterranean diets. Combining open
interviews and free-listing questionnaires, we identified 215 GFP items, i.e., 53 fungi and 162 from 154 vascular plant species.
The variation in frequency and in salience among the items follows a rectangular hyperbola. Highly salient species were Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke, Scolymus hispanicus L., and Pleurotus eryngii (DC.: Fr.) Quélet. Salience and frequency showed no correlation with the expected health benefits of each species. Regional
frequency in the Mediterranean and local frequency are directly related. Thus, local food plants are much less “local” than
expected.
Different types of culinary preparations provide the most information in the cluster analysis of variables. The cluster analysis
of items produced a tree with 10 clusters that form culture-specific logical entities, allowing people to structure their
environment. Within each cluster, plant species are replaced and incorporated provided they resemble the general profile.
This allows innovation and adaptation on a local level and explains the differences between adjacent localities in the list
of species. Two types of clusters or species complexes are described: “species-labeled” and “uses-labeled.” Lastly, we discuss
the underlying empirical basis of the ethnoclassification in the Mediterranean area. |
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Keywords: | Ethnobotany local food food plants traditional knowledge Mediterranean biodiversity statistical analysis ethnoclassification |
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