Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

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

doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00490-9

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Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

Published in Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine • Dec 31, 2021

Authors:

Rainer W. Bussmann

Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

Inayat Ur Rahman

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Republic of Georgia is part of the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot, and human agricultural plant use dates back at least 6000 years. Over the last years, lots of ethnobotanical research on the area has been published. In this paper, we analyze the use of food plants in the 80% of Georg...

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Geography

Biodiversity

Agriculture

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