Ethnobotany in the New Europe

Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana is a Senior Lecturer of botany and ethnobotany at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He has been researching contemporary and historical uses of Spanish medicinal and wild food plants, homegardens, and folk botanical taxonomies at the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid (CSIC) and the School of Pharmacy (University of London) since 1995.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of AppendixesChapter 1. The Ethnobotany of Europe, Past and PresentManuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Andrea Pieroni and Rajindra K. PuriChapter 2. People and Plants in Lëpushë: Traditional Medicine, Local Foods and Post-communism in a Northern Albanian VillageAndrea PieroniChapter 3. The Cultural Significance of Wild-gathered Plant Species in Kartitsch (Eastern Tyrol, Austria) and the Influence of Socioeconomic Changes on Local Gathering PracticesAnja Christanell, Brigitte Vogl-Lukasser, Christian R. Vogl and Marianne GütlerChapter 4. Local Innovations to Folk Medical Conditions: Two Major Phytotherapeutic Treatments from the Maltese IslandsTimothy J. TaboneChapter 5. Local Awareness of Scarcity and Endangerment of Medicinal Plants in Roussenski Lom Natural Park in Northern BulgariaHugo J. de BoerChapter 6. ‘My Doctor Doesn’t Understand Why I Use Them’: Herbal and Food Medicines amongst the Bangladeshi Community in West Yorkshire, U.K.Andrea Pieroni, Hadar Zaman, Shamila Ayub and Bren TorryChapter 7. Persistence of Wild Food and Wild Medicinal Plant Knowledge in a Northeastern Region of PortugalAna Maria Carvalho and Ramón MoralesChapter 8. The Use of Wild Edible Plants in the Graecanic Area in Calabria, Southern ItalySabine Nebel and Michael HeinrichChapter 9. The Ecology and Use of Edible Thistles in Évora, Alentejo, Southeastern PortugalMaria José Barão and Alexandra Soveral DiasChapter 10. Spring is Coming: The Gathering and Consumption of Wild Vegetables in SpainJavier TardíoChapter 11. Plants as Symbols in Scotland TodayVeerle Van den EyndenChapter 12. The Botanical Identity and Cultural Significance of Lithuanian Jovaras: An Ethnobotanical RiddleDaiva Šeškauskaite and Bernd GliwaChapter 13. Norway’s Rosmarin(Rhododendron tomentosum) in Past and Present TraditionTorbjørn Alm and Marianne IversenChapter 14. Chamomiles in Spain: The Dynamics of Plant NomenclatureManuel Pardo-de-Santayana and Ramón MoralesChapter 15. A Preliminary Study of the Plant Knowledge and Grassland Management Practices of English Livestock Farmers, with Implications for Grassland ConservationJenny L. McCuneChapter 16. A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Allotments in Gravesham, Kent, U.K.Christine WildhaberNotes on ContributorsIndex

“The text itself is useful, entertaining, and informative. In addition, each chapter is a model for modern ethnobotanical studies. Rather than simply cataloguingplant use, each researcher analyzes the historical, societal, economic, or political aspects relevant to changes in human plant usage. Thus, the authors provide a true ethnobotanical resource that can be instructive to academic audiences" · Choice“This book bridges biological and social science disciplines and it is useful for all those with an interest in biocultural diversity issues. I believe that this book can be useful not only for scientists and scholars active in the field, but also for those engaged in environmental conservation and management.” · International Journal of Environmental Studies“The merit of the book is that it offers a glimpse in the cultural diversity of Europe as a reflection of its history and shows some of the trends in both local ecological knowledge and ethnobotanical research in the old continent…I recommend this book to any scholar interested in doing ethnobotanical research in Europe and to any student that wants to carry out ethnobotanical research in Europe.” · Economic Botany