A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus

W. Bussmann, Rainer; Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, Narel; Sikharulidze, Shalva; Kikvidze, Zaal; Kikodze, David; Tchelidze, David; Khutsishvili, Manana; Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Hart, Robbie

doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0110-2

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A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus

Published in Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine • Sep 21, 2016

Authors:

Rainer W. Bussmann

Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

Shalva Sikharulidze

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo in Georgian language) is part of the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot, and human agricultural plant use dates bat at least 6000 years. However, little ethnobiological research has been published from the region since the 1940s. Given the lack of recent re...

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Ethnobotany

Georgian

Geography

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