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Plant Folk Classification

Plant Folk Classification is a systematic framework within folk taxonomy that categorizes plants according to culturally specific, traditional knowledge systems, distinguished from scientific botanical classification by its reliance on local ecological, utilitarian, and perceptual criteria.

50

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3.6K

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107

Authors

65

Institutions

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2017–2026

6

Variants

Folk Botanical Classification

Parents

Publications

50

General Principles of Classification and Nomenclature in Folk Biology

Brent Berlin, Dennis E. Breedlove, Peter H. Raven · American Anthropologist · 1973 · 952 citations

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Folk Taxonomies and Biological Classification

Brent Berlin, Dennis E. Breedlove, Peter H. Raven · Science · 1966 · 232 citations

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Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification: An Introduction to the Botanical Ethnography of a Mayan-Speaking People of Highland Chiapas.

Peter Rivière, Brent Berlin, Dennis E. Breedlove et al. · Man · 1975 · 222 citations

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Ethnobiological Classification: Principles of Categorization of Plants and Animals in Traditional Societies

Terence E. Hays · Journal of Linguistic Anthropology · 1994 · 205 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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Authors

107

  1. TE
    Terence E. Hays

    Rhode Island College, United States

    4 publications · 387 citations

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  2. BB
    Brent Berlin

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. DE
    Dennis E. Breedlove

    California Academy of Sciences, United States

    3 publications · 1.4K citations

    3

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  4. PH
    Peter H. Raven

    Missouri Botanical Garden, United States

    3 publications · 1.4K citations

    3

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  5. JB
    John Bosco Lamoris Okullo

    Makerere University, Uganda

    2 publications · 54 citations

    2

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Institutions

65

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Rhode Island College

    Providence, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    387 citations

  3. Makerere University

    Kampala, Uganda

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    311 citations

  4. Gyeongguk National University

    Andong, South Korea

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    63 citations

  5. Université d'Abomey-Calavi

    Cotonou, Benin

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    766 citations

  6. Hawassa University

    Awasa, Ethiopia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    137 citations

  7. World Agroforestry Centre

    Nairobi, Kenya

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  8. Institute of Botany

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

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Venues

  1. American Anthropologist

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

    8

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  2. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

    6 publications · 196 citations

    6

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  3. Journal of Ethnobiology

    4 publications · 112 citations

    4

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  4. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

    3 publications · 141 citations

    3

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  5. Journal of Ecological Anthropology

    2 publications · 28 citations

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