Ethnobotany is an interdisciplinary science of the interactions between people and plants. It studies how people perceive and use plants, the history, present state and future dynamics of this perception and use, and applies the findings to the sustainable use of plant resources and the conservation of plant diversity.

Ethnobotany, edited by Pei Shengji and Huai Huyin and published by Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers in 2007, is the first essential introductory book for students of ethnobotany.

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Written by Gary J. Martin for the “People and Plants” initiative of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and first published in 1998; the Chinese translation organized by Pei Shengji and He Shan'an was published in 2002. It is the second essential introductory book for students of ethnobotany.

Open the book “Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual”

Drawing on a large body of ethnobotanical literature, many years of research practice and the experience of ethnobotany training courses, Common Research Methods in Ethnobotany, edited by Wang Yuhua and Wang Chen, presents 29 methods commonly used in ethnobotanical research in plain language, covering literature search and management, field survey methods and quantitative data analysis.

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