Biocultural Diversity Conservation in Ethnobotanical Gardens
A Special Issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747) belonging to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 351
Editors
Interests: orchidaceae; conservation horticulture; traditional knowledge; polycultures; home gardens; tropical forest ecosystems; floral biology; pollination; biotic interactions; environmental education
Interests: Orchidaceae; ferns; taxonomy; systematic; floristics; anatomy; biogeography; neotropics; agroforestry; botanist
Interests: forest; environmental impact assessment; cloning; biomechanics; soil analysis; soil fertility; sustainable agriculture; climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Through public engagement and participation, Ethnobotanical Gardens provide unique opportunities to study, display, and teach the richness of human cultural connections with the regional biodiversity they represent. They serve as important sources of information and support for community-based projects and offer models for reconnecting modern societies with their cultural and environmental heritage. By incorporating elements of traditional knowledge, these gardens also help promote sustainable use, conservation, and restoration of regional flora and fauna.
Building on these concepts, this Special Issue focuses on the conservation of the biocultural diversity of plants. We welcome submissions that explore plant diversity assessment, conservation strategies for culturally important taxa, ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological uses of plants, propagation and cultivation techniques, and the integration of traditional knowledge into modern plant management. In addition, we encourage hypothesis-based studies, the development and application of biocultural indicators, comparative studies, molecular and genetic approaches to conservation, evaluations of long-term conservation outcomes, and evidence-based ethnopharmacological documentation. This may include areas such as ethnopharmacological validation within ethnobotanical collections, pharmacognostic characterization, and the conservation of therapeutically important taxa.
Overall, this Special Issue aims to promote plant-centered research that supports biodiversity conservation while safeguarding cultural heritage.
Dr. Anne A. Damon
Dr. William Cetzal-Ix
Dr. Pablo Martínez-Zurimendi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ethnobotanical collections
- medicinal plant heritage
- traditional ecological knowledge
- ex situ conservation
- seed preservation
- endangered culturally important plants
- knowledge transmission between generations, ethnopharmacological gardens, and culturally significant species
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