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Plants in Our World: Economic Botany Unveiled
Introduction:
From the clothes on our backs to the food on our plates, plants play an undeniable role in shaping our global economy. This isn't just about pretty flowers and leafy greens; it's about a complex and fascinating field called economic botany. This comprehensive guide delves into the vital contributions of plants to our world's economic landscape, exploring diverse sectors and highlighting the crucial importance of plant-based resources. We'll examine the economic impact of various plant uses, the challenges facing this crucial industry, and the future prospects for plant-based economies. Get ready to uncover the hidden economic power within the plant kingdom!
H2: The Pillars of Plant-Based Economies: Key Sectors
Economic botany encompasses a vast array of industries heavily reliant on plant resources. Let's examine some of the most significant:
H3: Agriculture: The Foundation of Food Security and Economic Growth
Agriculture, fundamentally driven by plants, forms the bedrock of many national economies. The cultivation of staple crops like rice, wheat, and maize provides sustenance for billions, generating employment and trade on a massive scale. Beyond food crops, agricultural production extends to cash crops like cotton, coffee, and rubber, significantly influencing global trade balances and national incomes. The efficiency and sustainability of agricultural practices directly impact economic prosperity and global food security.
H3: Forestry: Timber, Pulp, and Beyond
Forests represent a treasure trove of economic resources. Timber harvesting for construction, furniture making, and paper production fuels substantial industries worldwide. Beyond timber, forests yield non-timber forest products (NTFPs) such as resins, gums, medicinal plants, and edible fruits, contributing significantly to the livelihoods of rural communities and enriching national economies. Sustainable forest management is paramount to ensuring the long-term economic benefits of this vital sector.
H3: Pharmaceuticals: Nature's Pharmacy
Plants have served as a primary source of medicine for millennia. Economic botany plays a crucial role in identifying, cultivating, and processing medicinal plants for the pharmaceutical industry. From pain relievers derived from willow bark (aspirin) to anticancer drugs sourced from the rosy periwinkle, plants continue to provide invaluable compounds for treating various diseases. The discovery and development of new plant-based pharmaceuticals remain a key area of research and economic opportunity.
H3: Textiles: From Cotton Fields to Fashion Catwalks
The textile industry is inextricably linked to plants. Cotton, flax, hemp, and jute are just a few examples of plant fibers utilized in clothing production. The cultivation, processing, and manufacturing of these fibers support countless jobs globally, driving economic growth in both developed and developing nations. The increasing demand for sustainable and ethically sourced textiles presents both challenges and opportunities for the industry.
H2: Challenges Facing Plant-Based Economies
Despite their crucial role, plant-based economies face significant challenges:
H3: Climate Change and Environmental Degradation
Climate change poses a major threat to agricultural yields, forest health, and the biodiversity of plant life. Extreme weather events, changing rainfall patterns, and rising temperatures negatively impact crop production and threaten the survival of many plant species. Sustainable agricultural practices and conservation efforts are crucial to mitigating these risks and securing the future of plant-based economies.
H3: Pests and Diseases
Plant diseases and pests can decimate crops and forests, leading to significant economic losses. The development of resistant crop varieties, integrated pest management strategies, and effective disease control measures are essential for protecting agricultural productivity and ensuring economic stability.
H3: Market Volatility and Price Fluctuations
The prices of agricultural commodities and other plant-based products are subject to significant fluctuations due to various factors, including supply and demand, weather patterns, and global market trends. This volatility can create uncertainty and financial instability for farmers, businesses, and entire economies.
H2: The Future of Economic Botany: Innovation and Sustainability
The future of economic botany lies in integrating sustainable practices and embracing technological advancements. This includes:
H3: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Biotechnology offers significant potential for improving crop yields, enhancing disease resistance, and creating more efficient and sustainable agricultural practices. Genetic engineering can play a crucial role in developing crops adapted to challenging environmental conditions and resistant to pests and diseases.
H3: Precision Agriculture
The use of technology like GPS, sensors, and data analytics in agriculture allows for more precise application of resources, leading to increased efficiency and reduced environmental impact.
H3: Sustainable Harvesting and Management Practices
Adopting sustainable forestry practices, responsible harvesting techniques, and effective conservation strategies are crucial for ensuring the long-term viability of plant-based resources.
Conclusion:
Economic botany is far more than just the study of plants; it's the study of the intricate relationship between plants and the global economy. From food security to pharmaceuticals, the impact of plants on our economic well-being is undeniable. Addressing the challenges and embracing sustainable practices are crucial for ensuring the continued prosperity and sustainability of plant-based economies for generations to come.
FAQs:
1. What is the difference between economic botany and ethnobotany? Economic botany focuses on the economic value and utilization of plants, while ethnobotany studies the relationship between people and plants in different cultures.
2. How can I contribute to the sustainability of plant-based economies? Support sustainable agriculture, reduce your consumption of unsustainable products, and advocate for environmentally responsible policies.
3. What are some emerging trends in economic botany? Precision agriculture, vertical farming, and the development of plant-based alternatives to traditional materials are all emerging trends.
4. What role does biodiversity play in economic botany? Biodiversity is essential for providing a wide range of plant resources and ensuring resilience against pests, diseases, and environmental changes.
5. Where can I learn more about economic botany? You can find information through university botany departments, agricultural research institutions, and reputable online resources.
| plants in our world economic botany: Plants in our World: Economic Botany: Molly Ogorzaly, Beryl Simpson, 2013-10-04 This one-semester text is designed for an upper level botany course. Plants in our World emphasizes how people use plants; including fundamental information on morphology, anatomy, and taxonomy as a foundation of general botany. Now in full color, the fourth edition includes molecular data that has immensely altered the understanding of relationships among flowering plants and recently pinpointed the origin of numerous crops. Taxonomy of species has been updated to discuss the system of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Economic Botany S. L. Kochhar, 2016-07-01 This book offers an up-to-date account of important crops grown worldwide. It provides detailed discussion on the history of plant exploration, migration, domestication and distribution, and crop improvement. The text starts with the origin and diversification of cultivated plants, followed by discussion on tropical, subtropical and temperate crops that are sources of food, beverages, spices and medicines, as well as plant insecticides, timber plants and essential oil-yielding plants. The genetic and evolutionary aspects of different plants and their health benefits are highlighted. The book covers topics dealing with biodiversity conservation, petro-crops, ethnobotanical studies, and important sub-tropical and temperate plants that have commercial importance. The significance of major plant species under each category is described in detail. Illustrated with numerous well-labelled line diagrams and pictures, this book will be useful for students of botany, food and nutrition, forestry, agriculture, horticulture, plant breeding and environmental science. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Economic Botany: Plants in our World Beryl Simpson, Molly Ogorzaly, 2000-12-20 Written for the introductory-level course in Economic Botany, this edition offers more emphasis on key topics like biotechnology and ethnobotany. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Economic Botany Beryl Brintnall Simpson, Molly Conner-Ogorzaly, 2001 Written for the introductory-level course in Economic Botany, this edition offers more emphasis on key topics like biotechnology and ethnobotany. |
| plants in our world economic botany: World Economic Plants John H. Wiersema, Blanca León, 2016-04-19 Given the frequent movement of commercial plants outside their native location, the consistent and standard use of plant names for proper identification and communication has become increasingly important. This second edition of World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference is a key tool in the maintenance of standards for the basic science underlyin |
| plants in our world economic botany: Land of Plants in Motion Thomas R. H. Havens, 2020-06-30 Land of Plants in Motion is the first in any language to examine two companion stories: (1) the rise of an East Asian floristic zone and how the Japanese islands evolved an astonishing wealth of plant species, and (2) the growth of Japanese botanical sciences. The majority of plant species regarded as “Japanese” trace their origins to western China and the eastern Himalaya but are so indigenized that they often seem native today. Early modern scientists in Japan drew on knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine but achieved distinctive insights into plant life commensurate with but separate from their European counterparts. Scholars at the University of Tokyo pioneered Japanese plant biology in the late nineteenth century. They incorporated Western botanical methods but sought a degree of difference in taxonomy while also gaining international legitimacy through publications in English. Japan’s age of empire (1895–1945) was less about plant exploration and more about plant collection, for both scientific and economic benefits. Displays of species from throughout the empire made Japan’s sphere of colonization and conquest visible at home. The infrastructure for research and instruction expanded slowly after World War Two: new laboratories, botanical gardens, scholarly societies, and publications eventually allowed for great diversity of specialized study, especially with the growth of molecular biology in the 1970s and DNA research in the 1980s. Basic research was harmed by cuts in government funding during 2012–2017, but Japanese plant biologists continue to enjoy international esteem in many fields of scholarship. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Plants as Persons Matthew Hall, 2011-05-06 Plants are people too? No, but in this work of philosophical botany Matthew Hall challenges readers to reconsider the moral standing of plants, arguing that they are other-than-human persons. Plants constitute the bulk of our visible biomass, underpin all natural ecosystems, and make life on Earth possible. Yet plants are considered passive and insensitive beings rightly placed outside moral consideration. As the human assault on nature continues, more ethical behavior toward plants is needed. Hall surveys Western, Eastern, Pagan, and Indigenous thought as well as modern science for attitudes toward plants, noting the particular resources for plant personhood and those modes of thought which most exclude plants. The most hierarchical systems typically put plants at the bottom, but Hall finds much to support a more positive view of plants. Indeed, some indigenous animisms actually recognize plants as relational, intelligent beings who are the appropriate recipeints of care and respect. New scientific findings encourage this perspective, revealing that plants possess many of the capacities of sentience and mentality traditionally denied them. |
| plants in our world economic botany: World Spice Plants Johannes Seidemann, 2005-06-13 The many spice and aromatic plants are arranged in alphabetical order of their botanical relevance. It includes all species which have been cultivated for the above purposes. It also covers species whose usage has long ceased or which are used only rarely or have become wild. In total over 1400 plants have been collated. The register of literature has been designed to facilitate the study of a specific plant or spice. Works both on botany and agriculture, and on chemistry, pharmacodynamics and usage have been considered. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Economic Botany S. L. Kochhar, 2016-07 Provides vivid information about the history of plant exploration, migration, domestication, distribution and crop improvement-- |
| plants in our world economic botany: Plants & People James D. Mauseth, 2013 Part of the Jones & Bartlett Learning Special Topics in Biology Series!Plants play a role in the environment, in food, beverage, and drug production, as well as human health. Written for the introductory, non-science major course, Plants and People outlines the practical, economical, and environmental aspects of plants' interaction with humans and the earth. Mauseth provides comprehensive coverage of plants in the environment --global warming, deforestation, biogeography -- as well as the role plants play in food, fiber, and medicine. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Ancient Botany Gavin Hardy, Laurence Totelin, 2015-10-05 Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus' On Plants, and Galen' On Simple Remedies, but also includes lesser known texts ranging from the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, as well as some material evidence. The authors adopt a thematic approach rather than a chronological one, considering important issues such as the definition of a plant, nomenclature, classifications, physiology, the link between plants and their environment, and the numerous usages of plants in the ancient world. The book also takes care to place ancient botany in its historical, social and economic context. The authors have explained all technical botanical terms and ancient history notions, and as a result, this work will appeal to historians of ancient science, medicine and technology; classicists; and botanists interested in the history of their discipline. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Plants of the World Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Michael F. Fay, Mark W. Chase, 2017-11-13 Evolution of land plant -- Plants and human culture -- Naming plants -- Classification and the angiosperm phylogeny group |
| plants in our world economic botany: Economic Botany Albert Frederick Hill, 1952 |
| plants in our world economic botany: Digital Atlas of Economic Plants René T. J. Cappers, Reinder Neef, Renée M. Bekker, 2009-06-01 This atlas, which - like the other atlases in the series - is published as a book plus a website, presents the plant parts that have an economic value and are offered for sale at markets and in shops. They include plants that are used as food, spices, stimulants, medicines, poisons, offerings, dyes, tannins, building materials and ground coverings. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Plants, People, and Culture Michael J Balick, Paul Alan Cox, 2020-08-19 Is it possible that plants have shaped the very trajectory of human cultures? Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world’s leading ethnobotanists argue that our past and our future are deeply intertwined with plants. Creating massive sea craft from plants, indigenous shipwrights spurred the navigation of the world’s oceans. Today, indigenous agricultural innovations continue to feed, clothe, and heal the world’s population. One out of four prescription drugs, for example, were discovered from plants used by traditional healers. Objects as common as baskets for winnowing or wooden boxes to store feathers were ornamented with traditional designs demonstrating the human ability to understand our environment and to perceive the cosmos. Throughout the world, the human body has been used as the ultimate canvas for plant-based adornment as well as indelible design using tattoo inks. Plants also garnered religious significance, both as offerings to the gods and as a doorway into the other world. Indigenous claims that plants themselves are sacred is leading to a startling reformulation of conservation. The authors argue that conservation goals can best be achieved by learning from, rather than opposing, indigenous peoples and their beliefs. KEY FEATURES • An engrossing narrative that invites the reader to personally engage with the relationship between plants, people, and culture • Full-color illustrations throughout—including many original photographs captured by the authors during fieldwork • New to this edition—Plants That Harm, a chapter that examines the dangers of poisonous plants and the promise that their study holds for novel treatments for some of our most serious diseases, including Alzheimer’s and substance addiction • Additional readings at the end of each chapter to encourage further exploration • Boxed features on selected topics that offer further insight • Provocative questions to facilitate group discussion Designed for the college classroom as well as for lay readers, this update of Plants, People, and Culture entices the reader with firsthand stories of fieldwork, spectacular illustrations, and a deep respect for both indigenous peoples and the earth’s natural heritage. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Florida Ethnobotany Daniel F. Austin, 2004-11-29 Winner of the 2005 Klinger Book Award Presented by The Society for Economic Botany. Florida Ethnobotany provides a cross-cultural examination of how the states native plants have been used by its various peoples. This compilation includes common names of plants in their historical sequence, weaving together what was formerly esoteri |
| plants in our world economic botany: Plants & Society Estelle Levetin, Karen McMahon, 2008 This introductory, one quarter/one-semester text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors strive to stimulate interest in plant science and encourage students to further their studies in botany. Also, by exposing students to society's historical connection to plants, Levetin and McMahon hope to instill a greater appreciation for the botanical world. Plants and Society covers basic principles of botany with strong emphasis on the economic aspects and social implications of plants and fungi. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Remarkable Plants That Shape Our World Helen Bynum, William Bynum, 2014-09-22 A glorious celebration of the beauty, diversity, importance and sheer wonder of the most remarkable plants that shape our world, with exquisite illustrations from the incomparable collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The authors are expert guides to the intriguing histories, significance and uses of over 80 key plants, revealing our complex relationship with them, both for use and beauty. Rich in cultural, historical, botanical and symbolic associations, the plants presented here, from every corner of the globe, both familiar and bizarre, all have fascinating stories to tell. Sections cover every aspect of our interaction with plants, starting with foods that laid the foundations for the development of civilizations, such as wheat, rice and maize, and those that enliven our diet, such as saffron and spices. Other sections look at plants that have helped to house us, including bamboo and the oak, or crops that have made people rich, notably tea, coffee and sugar cane. Many plants have been used medicinally, from willow to the Madagascar periwinkle. Some are the objects of obsession or are revered, including the tulip, the rose and the lotus, and some are bizarre, such as the world's largest flower, rafflesia, which smells of rotting flesh. For anyone interested in the beauty and diversity of plants, this beautiful book, richly illustrated with over 200 drawings and paintings, will be an inspiration and a delight. |
| plants in our world economic botany: This Book is a Plant Wellcome Collection, 2022-02-24 INFORMATIVE AND ORIGINAL Guardian, 'This month's best paperbacks' We've become used to thinking of plants as things for us to use: as food, tools, resources, or just as an attractive background to our own lives. But it's time to change our minds. New research shows that plants can think, plan - and may even have memories. We share our planet with beings whose potential we have only glimpsed. Featuring the writing of Robin Wall Kimmerer, Susie Orbach and Merlin Sheldrake, This Book is a Plant will be your handbook to the new reality: showing you a pathway to completely reimagine your relationship with a different kind of natural world. Delve into a world of moss and fungi: Sheila Watt-Cloutier transports us to the Arctic spring, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan discovers the pleasures of painting trees, and Rebecca Tamás puts roots down through earth and soil. This Book is a Plant is made from paper: it was once part of a tree. But it's also a seed: the first shoots of a radical new way of seeing the world around you. AN ECLECTIC ANTHOLOGY GUARANTEED TO MAKE THE HEARTS OF EARTH LOVERS BEAT FASTER Metro |
| plants in our world economic botany: Botanical Miracles Raymond Cooper, 2016-02-22 As the shortcomings of purely synthetic approaches to biochemical discovery and development are becoming more apparent, a renaissance of interest in the chemistry of natural products as sources for new compounds is occurring. A unique approach to natural products chemistry, Botanical Miracles: Chemistry of Plants That Changed the World relates appl |
| plants in our world economic botany: The Imagination of Plants Matthew Hall, 2019-01-01 Examines the role of plants in botanical mythology, from Aboriginal Australia to Zoroastrian Persia. Plants have a remarkable mythology dating back thousands of years. From the ancient Greeks to contemporary Indigenous cultures, human beings have told colorful and enriching stories that have presented plants as sensitive, communicative, and intelligent. This book explores the myriad of plant tales from around the world and the groundbreaking ideas that underpin them. Amid the key themes of sentience and kinship, it connects the anemone to the meaning of human life, tree hugging to the sacred basil of India, and plant intelligence with the Finnish epic The Kalevala. Bringing together commentary, original source material, and colorful illustrations, Matthew Hall challenges our perspective on these myths, the plants they feature, and the human beings that narrate them. “Whether or not we believe that any plant actually has an imagination, the rhetorical flourish in Matthew Hall’s title sends us into his book with a serious interest in what he has to say. This is a valuable addition to our knowledge about mythic tale-telling and awareness of those elements of the animate world that science, since the Renaissance, has always placed on the lowest scale of value. Hall wants to redress this imbalance, and he does so by revealing just how essential (to Indigenous cultures) the plant kingdom was to humanity’s place in the universe.” — Ashton Nichols, author of Beyond Romantic Ecocriticism: Toward Urbanatural Roosting |
| plants in our world economic botany: Plants and Society Estelle Levetin, Karen McMahon, 1999 This introductory text focuses on how humans interact with plants. The topics covered include: botanical principles; commercial products derived from plants; plants and human health; fungi; and plants and the environment. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Messages from the Gods Michael J. Balick, Rosita Arvigo, 2015-04-30 Despite its small size, Belize is one of the most ecologically and culturally diverse nations in Central America. Over 3,400 species of plants can be found here, within a diversity of ecological habitats. Because of this, Belize is paradise for ecotourists, hosting over 900,000 visitors annually, who enjoy the natural habitat and friendly people of this nation. Many of the plants of Belize have a long history of being useful, with properties that have served traditional herbal healers of the region as well as those who use plants as food, forage, fiber, ornament, in construction and ritual, along with many other purposes. With Messages from the Gods: A Guide to the Useful Plants of Belize, Drs. Michael Balick and Rosita Arvigo give us the definitive resource on the many species of plants in Belize and their folklore, as well as the natural history of the region and a detailed discussion of bush uses of plants, including for traditional healing and life in the forest, past and present. Both Balick and Arvigo bring important perspectives to the project, Balick as ethnobotanical scientist from The New York Botanical Garden, and Arvigo as a former apprentice to a Belizean healer and an experienced physician. The book has been decades in the making, a culmination of a biodiversity research project that The New York Botanical Garden and international and local collaborators have had in motion since 1987. Drs. Balick, Arvigo and their colleagues have collected and identified thousands of plants from the region, and have worked extensively with hundreds of Belizean people, many of them herbal healers and bushmasters, to record uses for many of the species. This collaboration with local plant experts has produced a fascinating discussion of the intersection of herbal medicine and spiritual belief in the area, and these interviews are used to compliment and contextualize the numerous species accounts presented. The book is both a cultural study and a specialized field guide; information is provided on many different native and introduced plants in Belize and their traditional and contemporary uses including as food, medicine, fiber, in spiritual practices and many other purposes. Richly illustrated with over 600 images and photographs, Messages from the Gods: A Guide to The Useful Plants of Belize will serve as the primary reference and guide to the ethnobotany of Belize for many years to come. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World Rolf Blancke, 2016-07-15 Tropical fruits such as banana, mango, papaya, and pineapple are familiar and treasured staples of our diets, and consequently of great commercial importance, but there are many other interesting species that are little known to inhabitants of temperate regions. What delicacies are best known only by locals? The tropical regions are home to a vast variety of edible fruits, tubers, and spices. Of the more than two thousand species that are commonly used as food in the tropics, only about forty to fifty species are well known internationally. Illustrated with high-quality photographs taken on location in the plants' natural environment, this field guide describes more than three hundred species of tropical and subtropical species of fruits, tubers, and spices.In Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World, Rolf Blancke includes all the common species and features many lesser known species, including mangosteen and maca, as well as many rare species such as engkala, sundrop, and the mango plum. Some of these rare species will always remain of little importance because they need an acquired taste to enjoy them, they have too little pulp and too many seeds, or they are difficult to package and ship. Blancke highlights some fruits—the araza (Eugenia stipitata) and the nutritious peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) from the Amazon lowlands, the Brunei olive (Canarium odontophyllum) from Indonesia, and the remarkably tasty soursop (Annona muricata) from Central America—that deserve much more attention and have the potential to become commercially important in the near future.Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World also features tropical plants used to produce spices, and many tropical tubers, including cassava, yam, and oca. These tubers play a vital role in human nutrition and are often foundational to the foodways of their local cultures, but they sometimes require complex preparation and are often overlooked or poorly understood distant from their home context. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Around the World in 80 Plants Jonathan Drori, 2023-08-03 An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe'Informs and charms in equal measure' Monty Don[Bokinfo]. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Medical Botany Walter H. Lewis, Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis, 2003-09-04 Organized by body system and ailment makes it easy to locate appropriate therapies. Includes background on the physiology of major systems and ailments so readers can understand how and why a pharmaceutical, botanical, or dietary supplement works. Broad coverage includes green plants, fungi, and microorganisms. Includes extensive references and citations from both conventional and complimentary-alternative medical systems when natural products or their derivatives are involved. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Medicinal Plants of the World Ivan A. Ross, 2003-03-12 Ivan Ross takes advantage of the significant growth in the amount of new data available to update and expand his much acclaimed Medicinal Plants of the World: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Medicinal Uses, Volume 1. This considerably enhanced second edition contains new research and references on the immunomodulatory activity present in Allium sativum, Mangifera indica, and Punica granatum, the antidiabetic effects of Momoridica charantia and Mucuna pruriens, the antiinflammatory activity found in Mangifera indica and Arbus precatorius, the cholesterol lowering effect of Allium sativum and Moringa pterygosperma, and the antitumor effect of Arbus precatorius and Moringa pterygosperma. There are also important new findings concerning the antiherpes simplex virus activity of Mangifera indica, the anti-Parkinson's activity of Mucuna pruriens, the antiviral activity in Phyllanthus niruri and Jatropha curcas, the hyperthyroid regulation properties of Moringa pterygosperma, and the antioxidant activity of Mangifera indica, Punica granatum, Psidium guajava, and Allium sativum. Allium sativum is highlighted for its treatment of unstable angina pectoris, sickle red blood cell dehydration inhibition, senescence ameliorative, chemoprotective, cardiovascular, antineoplastic, anticarcinogenic, and antiatherogenic effects. This revised and enhanced edition provides details on traditional medicinal uses, chemical constituents, pharmacological activities, clinical trials, color illustrations, Latin names, botanical descriptions, as well as providing an index and extensive bibliographies. Authoritative and exhaustively compiled, Medicinal Plants of the World: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Medicinal Uses, Volume 1, 2nd Edition offers pharmacists, physicians, medicinal chemists, toxicologists, and phytochemists a universal reference on twenty-six of the most widely used medicinal plants in the world. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Flowering Plants of the World , 1979 |
| plants in our world economic botany: Flowering Plant Families of the World Vernon Hilton Heywood, 2007 Flowering plant families of the world is the successor to Flowering plants of the world (1978). |
| plants in our world economic botany: Food Plants of the World Ben-Erik Van Wyk, 2005 A comprehensive survey of the plants that provide food, beverages, spices, and flavorings, this book will serve as an invaluable reference to gardeners, ethnobotanists, nutritionists, culinary professionals, dieticians, and food enthusiasts. This scientifically accurate guide will allow them to identify all the major plant-derived foods and flavors, research culinary uses, and understand their dietetic and nutritional properties. Introductory chapters cover the various categories of plant use, including cereals, pulses (legumes), nuts and seeds, fruits, vegetables, culinary herbs, sugar plants, beverages, spices, and flavorings. The core of the volume is an encyclopedic description of more than 350 food and flavor plants in use worldwide, with over 1000 color photographs. This accessible, pictorial guide is a concise source of practical information, not readily available elsewhere, and should be on every food enthusiast's bookshelf. |
| plants in our world economic botany: The Plant Hunters Carolyn Fry, 2017 Travel across the world and through history to meet the botanical pioneers who changed our landscape. Plant Hunters tells the story of our obsession with all things that grow--both for their beauty and their economic potential--and the creation of botanical gardens to cultivate them. This sumptuous, intriguing volume moves from East to West and back again, introducing the botanists, explorers, and empire builders who gathered plants such as the coconut tree, roses, and numerous fruits and vegetables to bring back home. Showcasing hundreds of breathtaking illustrations and historical documents, it examines the species we now take for granted and the plants that have enriched and impoverished nations. |
| plants in our world economic botany: The Wardian Case Luke Keogh, 2023-01-05 The story of a nineteenth-century invention (essentially a tiny greenhouse) that allowed for the first time the movement of plants around the world, feeding new agricultural industries, the commercial nursery trade, botanic and private gardens, invasive species, imperialism, and more. Roses, jasmine, fuchsia, chrysanthemums, and rhododendrons bloom in gardens across the world, and yet many of the most common varieties have roots in Asia. How is this global flowering possible? In 1829, surgeon and amateur naturalist Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward placed soil, dried leaves, and the pupa of a sphinx moth into a sealed glass bottle, intending to observe the moth hatch. But when a fern and meadow grass sprouted from the soil, he accidentally discovered that plants enclosed in glass containers could survive for long periods without watering. After four years of experimentation in his London home, Ward created traveling glazed cases that would be able to transport plants around the world. Following a test run from London to Sydney, Ward was proven correct: the Wardian case was born, and the botanical makeup of the world’s flora was forever changed. In our technologically advanced and globalized contemporary world, it is easy to forget that not long ago it was extremely difficult to transfer plants from place to place, as they often died from mishandling, cold weather, and ocean salt spray. In this first book on the Wardian case, Luke Keogh leads us across centuries and seas to show that Ward’s invention spurred a revolution in the movement of plants—and that many of the repercussions of that revolution are still with us, from new industries to invasive plant species. From the early days of rubber, banana, tea, and cinchona cultivation—the last used in the production of the malaria drug quinine—to the collecting of beautiful and exotic flora like orchids in the first great greenhouses of the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, DC, and England’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Wardian case transformed the world’s plant communities, fueled the commercial nursery trade and late nineteenth-century imperialism, and forever altered the global environment. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Digital Atlas of Economic Plants in Archaeology Reinder Neef, René T. J. Cappers, Renée M. Bekker, 2012 The third part of the Digital Plant Atlas presents illustrations of subfossil remains of plants with economic value. These plant remains mainly derive from excavations in the Old World (Europe, Western Asia and North Africa) that the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI, Berlin) and the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA) have conducted or participated in. Plant material is usually very perishable, but can nevertheless be preserved in archaeological sites if the biological decay of the material is blocked. Many plant remains are discovered during excavations in carbonized form, where despite having been in contact with fire, they have not been completely reduced to ash. Extremely dry climatic conditions, like those in Egypt, can also preserve plant material in a completely dessicated condition. Most of the economically valuable plants illustrated here have been carbonized or desiccated. So this atlas links up very well with the Digital Atlas of Economic Plants.Like the other atlasses, this atlas is a combination of a book and a website.The Book: Just as in part two of the series, this part will not only include illustrations of seeds and fruits, but also of other plant parts. The resulting variety in seed and fruit forms will be illustrated by examples from different excavations. To support their identification and determination, also pictures of recent plants and relevant plant parts have been included.The Website: To supplement the photographs, the website will also include morphometric measurements of the subfossil seeds and fruits. These measurements can be compared with own measurements of the plant taxa in question.Summary: Plant families: 56 Plant species (Taxa): 191 Photographs: 773 photographs of subfossil plant parts, 1137 photographs of recent plants and plant parts Languages: English and 15 indices (scientific plant name, pharmaceutical plant name, English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Arab, Arab in transliteration, Turkish, Chinese, Pinyin (Chinese in transliteration), Hindi, Sanskrit, and Malayalam) Purchase of the book grants access to the protected parts of the websites of the project. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Botany Jean H. Langenheim, Kenneth Vivian Thimann, 1982 |
| plants in our world economic botany: Science and Colonial Expansion Lucile H. Brockway, 2002-01-01 This widely acclaimed book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerful nation. Lucile Brockway examines how the British botanic garden network developed and transferred economically important plants to different parts of the world to promote the prosperity of the Empire. In this classic work, available once again after many years out of print, Brockway examines in detail three cases in which British scientists transferred important crop plants--cinchona (a source of quinine), rubber and sisal--to new continents. Weaving together botanical, historical, economic, political, and ethnographic findings, the author illuminates the remarkable social role of botany and the entwined relation between science and politics in an imperial era. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World Ákos Máthé, 2015-09-30 Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) have accompanied mankind from its very early beginnings. Their utilization has co-evolved with homo sapiens itself bringing about a profound increase in our scientific knowledge of these species enabling them to be used in many facets of our life (e.g. pharmaceutical products, feed- and food additives, cosmetics, etc.). Remarkably, despite the new renaissance of MAPs usage, ca. 80 % of the world’s population is relying on natural substances of plant origin, with most of these botanicals sourced from the wild state. This first volume and ultimately the series, provides readers with a wealth of information on medicinal and aromatic plants. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Seven Flowers Jennifer Potter, 2013-10-03 **SHORTLISTED FOR THE GARDEN MEDIA AWARDS, INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR** The lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip and orchid. Seven flowers: seven stories full of surprise and secrets. Where and when did these flowers originate? What is the nature of their power and how was it acquired? What use has been made of them in gardens, literature and art? These are both histories and detective stories, full of incident, unexpected revelations, and irony. The opium poppy, for example, returned to haunt its progenitors in the West; and while Confucius saw virtue and modesty in his native orchids, the ancient Greeks saw only sex. These are flowers of life and death; of purity and passion; of greed, envy and virtue; of hope and consolation; of the beauty that drives men wild. All seven demonstrate the enduring ability of flowers to speak metaphorically - if we could only decode what they have to say. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Notes on Economic Plants N. Cantley, 1887 |
| plants in our world economic botany: Fathers of Botany Jane Kilpatrick, 2014 Focussing on the lives of four great French missionary botanists as well as a group of other French priests, Franciscan missionaries, and a single German Protestant pastor who all amassed significant plant collections, the author unearths a lost chapter of botanical history. |
| plants in our world economic botany: Economic Botany G.E. Wickens, 2012-12-06 The strength of this book is that it is written by someone who has spent a lifetime devoted to the science of economic botany. The author has brought together his vast experience in the field in Africa with his studies of arid land plants at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The result is an informative and reliable text that covers a vast range of topics. It is also firmly based upon the author's research and interest in plant taxonomy and therefore fully acknowledges the importance of correct naming and classification in the field of science of economic botany. The coverage is of economic botany in its broadest sense. I was delighted to find such topics as ecophysiology, plant breeding, the environment and conservation are included in the text. This gives the book a much more comprehensive coverage than most other texts on the subject. I was also glad to see that the book covers the use of various organisms that are no longer considered part of the plant kingdom such as various species of fungi and algae. It is indeed a broad ranging book that will be of use to many people interested in the uses of plants and fungi. Economic botany is once again being given more prominence as a discipline because of its enormous relevance to both conservation and sustainable development. Those people involved in those topics shOUld find this a most useful resource. |
Cultural, Practical, and Economic Value of Wild Plants: A …
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Cultural, Practical, and Economic Value of Wild Plants: A
economic value of plants. In this article we build on previous methods in quantitative ethnobotany and economic an-thropology to develop a new way to value different plant species for a cultural group. We 2 ECONOMIC BOTANY [VOL. 60 overcome some of the problems faced by previ-ous research by using both observations and in-terview data.
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provide further insight. Beryl Simpson's Economic Botany 2nd edition may also be helpful. There are several editions to this text, the 2nd edition is fine and can be purchased online for a modest cost. You may also find an introductory botany textbook to be of use. Biology of Plants by Raven, Evert, and Eichorn in various combinations is a good ...
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plants traditionally used in the Campoo area of southern Cantabria in northern Spain. Our results show a positive and significant correlation between the number of uses (NU) and the
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MO 63166, U.S.A.). USEFULNESS AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE RARE PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES: A STATISTICAL SURVEY. Economic Botany 52(1)57-67. 1998. The economic usefulness and potential of endangered and rare plants in the United States was surveyed to assess some of the potential impacts of plant extinction on the world's largest …
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1. ECONOMIC BOTANY DEFINED What is economic botany? Kalkman (1989) succinctly defines it as "Within botany it is that field of knowledge, study and research that is concerned with plants used by man." My own more detailed definition is a revision of that first proposed by Wickens (1990): "Economic botany is the study of plants, fungi, algae and ...
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These are all related, directly or indirectly, to botany, however, mostly to the applied aspects of plant science. One recommen dation is to teach more courses such as Economic Botany, Plants and the Environment, or Plant Care and Cultivation that take advantage of these practical interests of students, or at least
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