Alexandra Towns

Prioritizing West African medicinal plants for conservation and sustainable extraction studies based on market surveys and species distribution models

Tinde van Andel, Simon Croft, E. Emiel van Loon et al. · Biological Conservation · 2014 · 78 citations · Full text

Species Distribution Models, Engineering, Herbal Medicine +7

Quantifying the domestic market in herbal medicine in Benin, West Africa

Diana Quiroz, Alexandra Towns, Sènan Ingrid Legba et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2013 · 78 citations

Domestic Market, Traditional Medicine, Health Economics +8

Traditional Medicine and Childcare in Western Africa: Mothers’ Knowledge, Folk Illnesses, and Patterns of Healthcare-Seeking Behavior

Alexandra Towns, Sandra Mengue Eyi, Tinde van Andel · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 68 citations · Full text

Local plant names reveal that enslaved Africans recognized substantial parts of the New World flora

Tinde van Andel, Charlotte I. E. A. van ‘t Klooster, Diana Quiroz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 64 citations · Full text

Botany, Ethnohistory, African Diaspora +25

Volume, value and floristic diversity of Gabon׳s medicinal plant markets

Alexandra Towns, Diana Quiroz, Lieke Guinee et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2014 · 57 citations · Full text

Traditional Medicine, Botany, Medicine +5