“…In addition to the specific geographical position and the high biological diversity, the solid knowledge of ethnobotany and ethnomedicine in rural parts of Serbia is greatly influenced by ethnic and cultural differences (Jarić, 2014a). In the mountainous regions of the Western Balkans, including Serbia, several ethnobotanical research studies have been undertaken in the past few years with the aim of identifying those medicinal plants growing in the wild and of gaining as thorough an understanding of traditional phytotherapy and customs as possible (Jarić et al, 2007(Jarić et al, , 2011(Jarić et al, , 2014a(Jarić et al, , 2014bRedžić, 2007;Pieroni, 2008;Šarić-Kundalić et al, 2010Šarić-Kundalić et al, , 2011Pieroni et al, 2011;Menković et al, 2011;Mustafa et al, 2012aMustafa et al, , 2012bŠavikin et al, 2013;Zlatković et al, 2014;Kozuharova et al, 2013;Ivancheva and Stantcheva, 2000). Such studies play an important role in preserving traditional phytotherapeutic knowledge, which is at risk of being lost in the future.…”