What is in a name? the need for accurate scientific nomenclature for plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 393-402

  Rivera, Diego ^a   Allkin, Robert ^b   Obón, Concepción ^c   Alcaraz, Francisco ^a   Verpoorte, Rob ^d   Heinrich, Michael ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Botanical nomenclature; Nomenclature; Plant authentication; Taxonomy Latin binomials; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AMBIGUITY; AUTHOR; CLINICAL STUDY; DATA BASE; ERROR; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; LATIN AMERICAN MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT TAXONOMY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TAXON; TOXICOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; PROCEDURES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84900383742     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.12.022     Document Type: Review

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