Marcgrave and Piso's plants for sale: The presence of plant species and names from the Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648) in contemporary Brazilian markets. (15th September 2020)
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- Title:
- Marcgrave and Piso's plants for sale: The presence of plant species and names from the Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648) in contemporary Brazilian markets. (15th September 2020)
- Main Title:
- Marcgrave and Piso's plants for sale: The presence of plant species and names from the Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648) in contemporary Brazilian markets
- Authors:
- Alcántara Rodríguez, Mireia
Pombo Geertsma, Isabela
Françozo, Mariana
van Andel, Tinde - Abstract:
- Abstract: Ethnopharmacological relevance: Parallelisms between current and historical medicinal practices as described in the seventeenth century treatise Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (HNB) provide us with an overview of traditional plant knowledge transformations. Local markets reflect the actual plant use in urban and rural surroundings, allowing us to trace cross-century similarities of ethnobotanical knowledge. Aims of the study: We aim to verify in how far the HNB, created in seventeenth-century northeastern Brazil, correlates with contemporary plant use in the country by comparing the plant knowledge therein with recent plant market surveys at national level. Materials and methods: We conducted a literature review on ethnobotanical market surveys in Brazil. We used the retrieved data on plant composition and vernacular names, together with our own fieldwork from the Ver-o-Peso market in Belém, to compare each market repertoire with the useful species in the HNB. We analyzed similarities among markets and the HNB with a Detrended Correspondence Analysis and by creating Venn diagrams. We analyzed the methods of the different markets to check whether they influenced our results. Results: Out of the 24 markets reviewed, the greatest similarities with the HNB are seen in northern Brazilian markets, both in plant composition and vernacular names, followed by the northeast. The least overlap is found with markets in the central west and Rio de Janeiro. Most of the sharedAbstract: Ethnopharmacological relevance: Parallelisms between current and historical medicinal practices as described in the seventeenth century treatise Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (HNB) provide us with an overview of traditional plant knowledge transformations. Local markets reflect the actual plant use in urban and rural surroundings, allowing us to trace cross-century similarities of ethnobotanical knowledge. Aims of the study: We aim to verify in how far the HNB, created in seventeenth-century northeastern Brazil, correlates with contemporary plant use in the country by comparing the plant knowledge therein with recent plant market surveys at national level. Materials and methods: We conducted a literature review on ethnobotanical market surveys in Brazil. We used the retrieved data on plant composition and vernacular names, together with our own fieldwork from the Ver-o-Peso market in Belém, to compare each market repertoire with the useful species in the HNB. We analyzed similarities among markets and the HNB with a Detrended Correspondence Analysis and by creating Venn diagrams. We analyzed the methods of the different markets to check whether they influenced our results. Results: Out of the 24 markets reviewed, the greatest similarities with the HNB are seen in northern Brazilian markets, both in plant composition and vernacular names, followed by the northeast. The least overlap is found with markets in the central west and Rio de Janeiro. Most of the shared vernacular names with the HNB belonged to languages of the Tupi linguistic family. Conclusion: The similarity patterns in floristic composition among Brazilian markets and the HNB indicate the current wider distribution and trade of the species that Marcgrave and Piso described in 1648 in the northeast. Migration of indigenous groups, environmental changes, globalized and homogenous plant trade, and different market survey methods played a role in these results. The HNB is a reference point in time that captures a moment of colonial cultural transformations. Abstract (Portuguese): Relevância etnofarmacológica: Os paralelismos entre as práticas medicinais atuais e históricas, como aquelas descritas no tratado seiscentista História Naturalis Brasiliae (HNB), fornecem uma visão geral das transformações do conhecimento tradicional sobre plantas. Os mercados locais refletem o uso atual das plantas em ambientes urbanos e rurais, permitindo rastrear semelhanças de conhecimento etnobotânico em diferentes períodos históricos. Objetivos do estudo: Nosso objetivo é verificar até que ponto o HNB, criado no nordeste do Brasil, carrega semelhanças com o uso contemporâneo de plantas no país, comparando seu conhecimento sobre plantas com pesquisas recentes de mercados de plantas a nível nacional. Materiais e Métodos: Realizamos uma revisão de literatura sobre pesquisas etnobotânicas de mercados e feiras no Brasil. Utilizamos os dados recuperados sobre composição de plantas e nomes vernaculares, juntamente com nosso próprio trabalho de campo no mercado Ver-o-Peso em Belém, para comparar cada repertório de mercado com as espécies úteis do HNB. Analisamos semelhanças entre os mercados e o HNB usando Análise de Correspondência Destendenciada e criando diagramas de Venn. Analisamos os métodos dos diferentes mercados para verificar se eles influenciaram nossos resultados. Resultados: As maiores semelhanças com o HNB são observadas nos mercados do norte do Brasil, tanto na composição das plantas quanto nos nomes vernaculares, seguido pelo nordeste. A menor correlação é encontrada nos mercados do centro-oeste e Rio de Janeiro. A maioria dos nomes vernáculos compartilhados com o HNB pertencia an idiomas pertencentes ao tronco linguístico Tupi. Conclusão: Os padrões de similaridade na composição florística dos mercados brasileiros e do HNB indicam uma atual distribuição e comércio mais amplo das espécies do que aqueles que Marcgrave e Piso descreveram em 1648 no nordeste. A migração de grupos indígenas, as mudanças ambientais, o comercio globalizado e homogêneo das plantas, e os diferentes métodos de pesquisa de mercado tiveram um papel nesses resultados. O HNB é um ponto de referência que captura um momento de transformações culturais coloniaisem contexto colonial. Graphical abstract: Image 1 … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of ethnopharmacology. Volume 259(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of ethnopharmacology
- Issue:
- Volume 259(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 259, Issue 2020 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 259
- Issue:
- 2020
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0259-2020-0000
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- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-15
- Subjects:
- Historical ethnobotany -- Market surveys -- Indigenous knowledge -- Vernacular plant names -- Dutch Brazil -- Tupi
WIC (West India Company) -- HNB (Historia Naturalis Brasiliae) -- IURNM (Indiae Utriusque Re Naturali et Medica) -- MG (Herbarium of the Museum Paraense Emílio Goeldi in Belém Pará) -- JS (Jaccard Similarity Index) -- N (North) -- NE (Northeast) -- CW (Central West) -- SE (Southeast) -- (RMB) Região Metropolitana de Belém -- (DFS) Distrito Florestal Sustentável
Ethnopharmacology -- Periodicals
Pharmacognosy -- Periodicals
Herbs -- Periodicals
Herbs -- Periodicals
Pharmacognosy -- Periodicals
Pharmacognosie -- Périodiques
Herbes -- Périodiques
615.1 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03788741 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jep.2020.112911 ↗
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- English
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- 0378-8741
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