- Quanah Parker/Peyote - http://www.stainblue.com/quanahparker.html
Brief history of Parker's role in the spread of Christian peyotism. Includes plant description and recommended reading list.
- Native American Ethnobotany Database - http://www.umd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/herb
Search for plants used for foods, drugs, dyes, and fibers of native North American peoples. Results return list of uses, with references.
- Laboratory of Ethnobotany - http://www.umma.lsa.umich.edu/Ethnobotany/Ethnobotany.html
Houses collections of domesticated plants from around the world as well as specimens recovered from archaeological sites. Laboratory reports available for download in Adobe .pdf format, sorted by report number or locale.
- Ethnobotany Garden - http://ethnobotany.yage.net/
Defines the role of plants in society. Includes articles, discussion forum and related links.
- Ethnobotany - http://anthro.fortlewis.edu/ethnobotany/
From Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. Includes definition of the science, projects, special events and database of plants of the southwest region of the United States.
- Tropical Plant Database - http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm
Searchable list of plants from the Amazon rainforest, by common or botanical name, action, ailment, properties or ethnic uses.
- Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary - http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/tico/index.html
Alphabetical listing by scientific name. Includes brief descriptions of usage and identifies cultures in which each plant is of interest.
- Ethnobotany of Wild Plant Foods - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/profiles/smason/smethnob.htm
Describes the science and offers resource links, bibliography and list of online databases.
- Ethnobotany - Access Excellence - http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/Ethnobotany/
Defines the science, explains plant classification, offers articles on medicinal and food plants of Central and South America, and proposes classroom activities for high-school biology students.
- Machiguenga - http://www.montana.com/manu/
An ethnobotanical study of eastern Peru.
- Botanical.com - http://www.botanical.com/
Articles, Message Board, Links, A Modern Herbal...
- Dr. Andrew Weil - http://www.stainblue.com/andrewweil.html
Brief biography of the doctor for whom psilocybe weilii was named. Includes comments on his research and data on the chemical components of the mushroom.
- Andrographis Home - http://www.geocities.com/andrographis/
News, literature and research specific to Andrographis paniculata, found primarily in India. Includes distribution, cultivation and pharmacological information.
- Centre for Economic Botany - http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/ecbot.html
Based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, carrying out research and providing an identification service.
- Ethnobotany Bibliography - http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/eblinks/ethnobook.html
A suggested introductory reading list from the Centre for Economic Botany, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
- Etnobotanica Napoli 2001 - http://www.ortobotanico.unina.it/congress/
Details from the third international congress of ethnobotany held in Naples, Italy between 22nd and 30th September 2001, including abstracts of presentations.
- Society of Ethnobiology - http://ethnobiology.org/
A nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide.
- Society for Economic Botany - http://www.econbot.org/
Fosters scientific research, education, and related activities on the past, present, and future uses of plants, and the relationship between plants and people.
- Ethno-Mycology - http://jamesarthur.yage.net/mushroom.html
Promotes a book about the effects of mushrooms on culture, religion, and philosophy throughout history, as well as various events on this subject, featuring James Arthur. Includes information on psychedelic mushrooms.
- Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge - http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/plants.html
Describes healing plants used by northern Plains Indians, including photos. Also contains links to databases, books, and teacher resources.
- Ethnobotany and Cultural Resources - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/environment/culres/ethbot/Ethnobotany.htm
List compiled by the Washington State Department of Transportation describing useful plants found during highway improvements. Includes plant description, photo, habitat and use.
- International Society for Ethnopharmacology - http://www.ethnopharmacology.org/
The Journal of Ethnopharmacology, which publishes papers on medicinal and other useful indigenous plants as well as their bioactive compounds.
- Plants for a Future - http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
Resource centre for edible, medicinal, and other useful plants.
- Amazon Conservation Team - http://www.ethnobotany.org/
Works in partnership with indigenous people in conserving biodiversity, health, and culture in tropical America.
- A Certain Herb Called Coca - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlvoris/thesis.html
A study of coca's role in Andean society and its under-valuation by scholars.
- Indian Herbal Research and Methods - http://botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/poudhia_index.html
Articles by Dr.Pankaj Oudhia detailing his research and observation of plants and their medicinal uses native to Chhattisgarh, India and surrounding regions.
- Ethnobotanical Leaflets - http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/
Web journal with information on ethnobotanical projects and organizations and links.
- Minnesota Ethnobotany - http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/ethnoarchaeology/ethnobotany/
Describes both food and medicinal uses of plants, listed alphabetically by scientific name.
- Patalkot - http://dracharya.tripod.com/patal
The ethnobotanical work of Dr. Deepak Acharya, including full text of papers and pictures of Patalkot valley, India.
- Research Department, Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/
Describes current research, including ethnobotany, medicinal botany, traditional uses of plants, and bioprospecting. Also: research policy, discoveries, DNA-banking, Chatham Fellowship, staff, and links.
- People and Plants - http://peopleandplants.org/
A partnership between the WWF and UNESCO, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, producing a programme of capacity-building in ethnobotany applied to conservation and the sustainable use of plant resources.
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