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Folk Morphological Classification

Folk Morphological Classification is a folk taxonomic system that categorizes organisms or entities based on observable morphological traits and cultural perceptual salience rather than evolutionary or biological criteria.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Form or Function: A Comparison of Expert and Novice Judgments of Similarity Among Fish

James S. Boster, Jeffrey C. Johnson · American Anthropologist · 1989 · 231 citations

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Folk Classification, Perception, and Preferences of Baobab Products in West Africa: Consequences for Species Conservation and Improvement

A.E. Assogbadjo, Romain Glèlè Kakaï, Flora Josiane Chadaré et al. · Economic Botany · 2008 · 188 citations

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<b>Language and living things</b> : Uniformities in folk classification and naming. By Cecil H. Brown New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1984. Pp. xvi, 306. $35.00.

Robert Blust · Language · 1985 · 145 citations

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Folk Botanical Life‐Forms: Their Universality and Growth

Cecil H. Brown · American Anthropologist · 1977 · 139 citations

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Generic species and basic levels: Essence and appearance in folk biology

Scott Atran, Paul. Estiot, John D. Coley et al. · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 1997 · 106 citations · Full text

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Authors

55

  1. CH
    Cecil H. Brown

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    5 publications · 367 citations

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  2. AB
    Alpina Begossi

    Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

    3 publications · 204 citations

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  3. SR
    Stanley R. Witkowski

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    2 publications · 115 citations

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  4. JL
    Judicaël Laly

    National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics, Benin

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. DM
    Douglas Macêdo Nascimento

    Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Brazil

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. Northern Illinois University

    DeKalb, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    482 citations

  2. Université d'Abomey-Calavi

    Cotonou, Benin

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    766 citations

  3. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

    Campinas, Brazil

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    314 citations

  4. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    242 citations

  5. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  6. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    106 citations

  7. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  8. Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    188 citations

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Venues

  1. American Anthropologist

    6 publications · 597 citations

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  2. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

    3 publications · 109 citations

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  3. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

    3 publications · 120 citations

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  4. American Ethnologist

    AE · 2 publications · 85 citations

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  5. Language

    1 publications · 145 citations

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