Ranking tool created for medicinal plants at risk of being overharvested in the wild

Ethnobiology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-88

  Castle, Lisa Marie ^a   Leopold, Susan ^b   Craft, Rachel ^c   Kindscher, Kelly ^c  

^a SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United Plant Savers   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicinal plants; Plant conservation; Sustainable harvest

Indexed keywords

ARALIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BERBERIDACEAE; CACTACEAE; ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; PODOPHYLLUM; PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM; SANTALACEAE; SANTALUM; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 84922989589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21598126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14237/ebl.5.2014.169     Document Type: Article

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