Ethnobotany of the mountain regions of Africa / Rainer W. Bussmann, editor.
Bussman, Rainer W., editor.
2021
GN476.73 .E86 2020
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Ethnobotany of the mountain regions of Africa / Rainer W. Bussmann, editor.
ISBN
9783030383862 (electronic bk.)
3030383865 (electronic bk.)
9783319770864 (electronic bk.)
3319770861 (electronic bk.)
9783030383855
3030383857
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77086-4
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Cham : Springer, [2021]
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English
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1 online resource : illustrations
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10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2 doi
10.1007/978-3-319-77086-4 doi
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GN476.73 .E86 2020
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333.95/316096
Summary
Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that "traditional" knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the world's mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this website and its dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the nof professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies (Society for Economic Botany, International Society of Ethnopharmacology, Society of Ethnobiology, International Society for Ethnobiology, and many regional and national societies in the field currently have thousands of members). Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. The objective of this new MRW on Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions is to take advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. We anticipate including the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants for each region. Each contribution will be scientifically rigorous and contribute to the overall field of study.
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Intro
Preface
Contents
About the Editor
Contributors
Part I: Regions
Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions: Africa
Introduction
Geology, Landforms and Soil Conditions
Vegetation Belts in African Mountains
Atlas
The Moroccan Atlas
The Rif and the Tell Atlas
The Saharan Atlas in Northern Algeria
Dry Mountains in Central Sudan: The Jebel Marra
Mount Kenya: A Typical Example for the Altitudinal Zonation of Tropical African Mountain Vegetation
Supratropical Evergreen Montane Forests

Orotropical Montane Forest: Evergreen Broad-Leaved and Evergreen Xeromorphic Montane Forests
Orotropical Bamboo Forest
Orotropical Cloud Forest
Altotropical Grasslands and Moorlands
Mt. Kenyaś Neighbors: Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Meru, Aberdare Mts., and Mt. Elgon
The Interlacustrine Highlands: Ruwenzori, Virunga Volcanoes, and Kahuzi-Biéga
The Westernmost Outpost: Mt. Cameroon
The Sudano-Ethiopian Mountains: Imatong, Simien, Bale
Maloti-Drakensberg: Mountain Vegetation in Southern Africa
Environmental Conditions

Phytogeographical Position and Altitudinal Zonation: Problems of Nomenclature
Altitudinal Zonation of Vegetation
References
Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions: Eastern Africa
Geography and Geology
Climate
The Main Source of Useful Plants: The Flora of East African Mountain Forests and Woodlands
Eastern African Forest Vegetation
Evergreen Submontane Forests
Evergreen and Evergreen Xeromorphic Montane Forests
Evergreen Montane Bamboo Forests
Evergreen Subalpine Forests
Regeneration Patterns of Eastern African Forests

Regeneration Cycle and Successional Patterns in the Ocotetea sambarensis
The Juniperetea procerae: Mosaic Climax of the Cassipourion malosanae and fire-cycles in the Juniperion procerae
Regeneration of the Cassipourion malosanae
The Fire Cycles in the Juniperion procerae
Cyclic Processes in the Bamboo Forests
Regeneration in the Subalpine Hagenia abyssinica forests
References
Part II: Plants
Abutilon sp. Abutilon angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. Abutilon grandiflorum (Will.) Sweet. Abutilon longicuspe Hochst. ex A. ...
Synonyms
Local Names
Botany and Ecology

Local Medicinal Uses
Local Food Uses
Local Handicraft and Other Uses
References
Acacia drepanolobium Harmes ex Sjostedt Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. Acacia seyal Delille ...
Synonyms
Local Names
Botany and Ecology
Local Medicinal Uses
Local Food Uses
Local Handicraft and Other Uses
References
Acanthus eminens C.B. Clarke Acanthus sennii Chiov. Acanthaceae
Local Names
Botany and Ecology
Local Medicinal Uses
Local Handicraft and Other Uses
References
Achyranthes aspera L. Amaranthaceae
Synonyms

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