First data on the taxonomic diversity of the Portulaca oleraceaaggregate (Portulacaceae) in Iran

Rad, Mohammad Amini; Sajedi, Sepideh; Domina, Gianniantonio

doi:10.3906/bot-1611-43

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“…In addition to the recorded medicinal uses, Juglans regia and Cornus mas are used for fishing, Equisetum telmateia and Prunus laurocerasus as animal feed, Juglans regia and Sambucus ebulus as dyes, and the branches of Corylus maxima in basket production. On the other hand, some plant species not listed in Supplement This overlapping of uses proves the close relationship between health and nutrition, which is quite well known in traditional societies and deserves to be one of the major components of ethnopharmaceutical research (Pieroni, 2000;Amini Rad et al, 2017).…”

Section: Notes On Nonmedicinal Usesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Folk medicine in Düzce Province (Turkey)

Gürbüz¹,

Özkan²,

Akaydın³

et al. 2019

Turk J Bot

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The present study was conducted to collect, record, and document local knowledge of medicinal practices in Düzce, a northwestern Anatolian province. To the best of our knowledge, no comprehensive ethnobotanical study has been reported from this province. Information was acquired through semistructured interviews and personal conversations using a questionnaire and numerous guided field trips with local knowledgeable people. For quantitative analyses and comparisons, recorded data such as informant consensus factor (F IC ) and use value (UV) were calculated, respectively. As a result of extensive field studies, 122 taxa were determined as folk medicines; 76 of were wild and 46 were cultivated. The identified medicinal plants were mainly from the family Rosaceae, followed by Compositae, Apiaceae, Lamiaceae, and Solanaceae, respectively. Among the preparations used, liquid forms such as infusions (30.2%) or decoctions (16.4%) represented the most favored ways to administer medicinal plants. Dermatological disorders had the highest F IC score with a value of 0.75 followed by skeletomuscular (F IC = 0.7466), gastrointestinal (F IC = 0.6666), immunological (F IC = 0.6615), and respiratory (F IC = 0.6292) system disorders, among others. The most prominent medicinal plants were Urtica dioica (UV = 0.4352), Plantago major (UV = 0.3056), Rubus ulmifolius (UV = 0.2279), and Sambucus ebulus (UV = 0.2279). According to the present study, the number of people who recognize and use the wild plants of Düzce, and those of the rest of Anatolia, is steadily decreasing. The ethnobotanical knowledge cannot be passed to the next generation in its entirety if it is not properly recorded. In addition to this gradual loss of knowledge, modern information pollution and contamination via the popular media highlight the urgent need to record this precious knowledge before it is lost.

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Section: Notes On Nonmedicinal Usesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Folk medicine in Düzce Province (Turkey)

Gürbüz¹,

Özkan²,

Akaydın³

et al. 2019

Turk J Bot

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“…Its native range is the Mediterranean. It is also found in Belarus, Belgium, Iran, Switzerland and the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine (Uotila 2011+; Amini Rad & al. 2017; Bulakh & al.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…It is one of the most common native taxa of the Portulaca oleracea aggregate in Europe and W Asia, primarily in the subtropical zone (Danin 2011; Danin & al. 2011, 2016; Uotila 2011+; Amini Rad & al. 2017; POWO 2023b).…”

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Raus

2023

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The current knowledge about the distribution of Portulaca species (Portulacaceae) within the Balkan Peninsula

Peregrym,

Dragićević

2024

Biologia

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This study addresses the complex taxonomy and distribution of the genus Portulaca L. (Portulacaceae) within the Balkans, focusing on the often-debated species composition and distribution patterns in the P. oleracea aggregate. Our research aims to resolve this ambiguity by addressing two key questions: 1) Which Portulaca taxa are present in the Balkans, and 2) What is the current distribution of these taxa here? To achieve this, we conducted literature reviews, seed collection, species identification using micromorphological characteristics, and distribution analysis. Our findings reveal the presence of four distinct species in the Balkans: P. oleracea agg., P. grandiflora, P. pilosa and P. umbraticola. Additionally, within the P. oleracea complex, twelve microspecies have been identified, primarily differentiated based on seed micromorphology. Besides, five species (P. daninii, P. granulato-stellulata, P. rausii, P. sardoa, and P. trituberculata) have been documented in Montenegro, and one species (P. nitida) – in Slovenia for the first time. This study provides a valuable contribution to the botanical knowledge of the Balkan Peninsula, offering the recommendations for future studies of the P. oleracea complex for the solution of the taxonomic puzzle in this aggregate.

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First data on the taxonomic diversity of the Portulaca oleraceaaggregate (Portulacaceae) in Iran

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Folk medicine in Düzce Province (Turkey)

Folk medicine in Düzce Province (Turkey)

Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 16

The current knowledge about the distribution of Portulaca species (Portulacaceae) within the Balkan Peninsula

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