A forgotten collection: The Libyan ethnobotanical exhibits (1912-14) by A. Trotter at the Museum O. Comes at the University Federico II in Naples, Italy

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Natale, Antonino ^a   Pollio, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Herbarium; Libya; Medicinal plants; North africa; Traditional plant use

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

PLANT EXTRACT;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ART; ARTICLE; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; ITALY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; UNIVERSITY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; LIBYA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MUSEUMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84855991250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-4     Document Type: Article

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