Traditional botanical knowledge of medicinal plants in a “quilombola” community in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1185-1203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Letícia Beltreschi ◽  
Rita Baltazar de Lima ◽  
Denise Dias da Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Botanical Knowledge ◽  
Traditional Botanical Knowledge

scholarly journals Ethnobotany in Intermedical Spaces: The Case of the Fulni-ô Indians (Northeastern Brazil)

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Taboada Soldati ◽  
Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Medical System ◽  
The Body ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Botanical Knowledge ◽  
Therapeutic Uses ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Traditional Botanical Knowledge

We analyzed the Fulni-ô medical system and introduced its intermedical character based on secondary data published in the literature. Then we focused on the medicinal plants known to the ethnic group, describing the most important species, their therapeutic uses and the body systems attributed to them. We based this analysis on the field experience of the authors in the project Studies for the Environmental and Cultural Sustainability of the Fulni-ô Medical System: Office of Medicinal Plant Care. This traditional botanical knowledge was used to corroborate the hybrid nature of local practices for access to health. We show that intermedicality is a result not only of the meeting of the Fulni-ô medical system with Biomedicine but also of its meeting with other traditional systems. Finally, we discuss how traditional botanical knowledge may be directly related to the ethnogenesis process led by the Fulni-ô Indians in northeastern Brazil.

scholarly journals Intracultural Variation in the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in an Urban-Rural Community in the Atlantic Forest from Northeastern Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel de Almeida ◽  
Marcelo Alves Ramos ◽  
Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos Silva ◽  
Joabe Gomes de Melo ◽  
Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
General Community

This study assessed the intracultural knowledge of the use of medicinal plants in an urban-rural community in an Atlantic forest fragment in northeastern Brazil. We examined the importance of native and exotic species and the effects of gender and age on that knowledge. We also compared data obtained from different groups of informants (local experts and general community). We conducted 194 interviews between June 2007 and January 2008, using the freelist technique and semistructured forms to collect ethnobotanical data. Information obtained from the community was compared with that from six local experts who participated in a survey in 2003. From a total of 209 ethnospecies, exotic and herbaceous plants presented higher richness. With respect to the number of citations, women and older informants were shown to know a higher number of medicinal plants. Comparing knowledge of local experts with that of the general community, we noted that experts know a similar wealth of plant families and therapeutic indications, but the community knows a greater species richness. These results indicate that local experts may provide useful information for studies that search for a quick diagnosis of the knowledge of a given community.

Chemical evaluation and microbiological assays of medicinal plants used in traditional communities in northeastern Brazil

Planta Medica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (S 01) ◽  
pp. S1-S381
Author(s):  
JP Ferreira-Neto ◽  
RJSA Padilha ◽  
ERB Santana ◽  
DN Gomes ◽  
KXFR Sena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Chemical Evaluation ◽  
Microbiological Assays ◽  
Traditional Communities

A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3636 (3) ◽  
pp. 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTONIO ROSSANO MENDES PONTES ◽  
JOSÉ RAMON GADELHA ◽  
ÉVERTON R. A. MELO ◽  
FABRÍCIO BEZERRA DE SÁ ◽  
ANA CAROLINA LOSS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
A New Species

Establishment of the Hohenbergia capitata complex (Bromeliaceae) with notes on leaf anatomy and description of a new endangered species

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 518 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-208
Author(s):  
BRAYAN PAIVA CAVALCANTE ◽  
KLEBER RESENDE SILVA ◽  
MAYARA A. PEREIRA ◽  
EVERTON HILO DE SOUZA ◽  
LEONARDO M. VERSIEUX ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Leaf Anatomy ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Main Axis ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Small Fragment ◽  
Apical Portion ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
Lanceolate Leaf

We here establish the Hohenbergia capitata complex composed of three species endemic to the Atlantic Forest, in the State of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. When compared with other Hohenbergia species endemic to the Atlantic Forest, the complex is recognized by the small size of the plants (shorter than 1 m tall when flowering), lanceolate leaf blades, inflorescence with main axis short and congested branches, concentrated on the apical portion of the inflorescence (creating a capitulate shape), primary branches short pedunculate (short stipes), basal primary bracts sub-orbicular, large flowers (over 3 cm long) with spatulate petals with a cuspidate apex. Within this complex, we describe H. nidularioides sp. nov., a critically endangered species from the southern coastal region of Bahia, only known from a small fragment of Restinga forest in Una municipality. This species is very similar to H. capitata but differs by the nidular aspect of the inflorescence, which is only short-pedunculate and more or less hidden inside the rosette. In addition to the taxonomic treatment, we provide illustrations, the geographic distribution, taxonomic comments, and anatomical comparison of the species in the H. capitata complex.

A New Species of the Genus Adelophryne (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae: Phyzelaphryninae) from the Atlantic Forest of Northeastern Brazil

Herpetologica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Lourenço-De-Moraes ◽  
Barnagleison Silva Lisboa ◽  
Leandro De Oliveira Drummond ◽  
Carina Carneiro De Melo Moura ◽  
Geraldo Jorge Barbosa De Moura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Is the “Centro de Endemismo Pernambuco” a biodiversity hotspot for orchid bees?

2014 ◽  
Vol 74 (3 suppl 1) ◽  
pp. S078-S092 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Nemésio ◽  
JE Santos Junior
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Orchid Bees ◽  
Orchid Bee ◽  
Forest Remnants ◽  
First Time ◽  
Forest Preserve

The orchid-bee faunas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) of the three largest forest remnants in the “Centro de Endemismo Pernambuco”, northeastern Brazil, namely Estação Ecológica de Murici (ESEC Murici), RPPN Frei Caneca, and a forest preserve belonging to Usina Serra Grande, in the states of Alagoas and Pernambuco, were surveyed using seventeen different scents as baits to attract orchid-bee males. Eight sites were established in the three preserves, where samplings were carried out using two protocols: insect netting and bait trapping. We collected 3,479 orchid-bee males belonging to 29 species during 160 hours in early October, 2012. Seven species were collected in the “Centro de Endemismo Pernambuco” for the first time. Richness proved to be one of the highest of the entire Atlantic Forest domain, and diversity in some sites, especially at ESEC Murici, revealed to be one of the highest in the Neotropics. Eulaema felipei Nemésio, 2010, a species previously recorded only at ESEC Murici, was found in no other preserve in the region and its conservation status is discussed.

scholarly journals Feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) associated with birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Northeastern Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 726-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
HM Silva ◽  
FA Hernandes ◽  
M Pichorim
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Visual Examination ◽  
Feather Mites ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe present study reports associations between feather mites (Astigmata) and birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Rio Grande do Norte state, in Brazil. In the laboratory, mites were collected through visual examination of freshly killed birds. Overall, 172 individuals from 38 bird species were examined, between October 2011 and July 2012. The prevalence of feather mites was 80.8%, corresponding to 139 infested individuals distributed into 30 species and 15 families of hosts. Fifteen feather mite taxa could be identified to the species level, sixteen to the genus level and three to the subfamily level, distributed into the families Analgidae, Proctophyllodidae, Psoroptoididae, Pteronyssidae, Xolalgidae, Trouessartiidae, Falculiferidae and Gabuciniidae. Hitherto unknown associations between feather mites and birds were recorded for eleven taxa identified to the species level, and nine taxa were recorded for the first time in Brazil. The number of new geographic records, as well as the hitherto unknown mite-host associations, supports the high estimates of diversity for feather mites of Brazil and show the need for research to increase knowledge of plumicole mites in the Neotropical region.

scholarly journals Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) of the Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Fazenda Lontra/Saudade, Itanagra, Northern Coast of Bahia, Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Márlon Paluch ◽  
Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke ◽  
Lucílio Matos Linhares ◽  
Diego Carvalho da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Record ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Butterfly Community ◽  
Forested Areas

The Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Fazenda Lontra/Saudade (FLS), located in the Northern Coast of Bahia state, Brazil, is the largest (1,377.33 ha) preserved Atlantic Forest area between Paraguaçu and São Francisco rivers in Bahia and Sergipe, respectively. A list of 260 species belonging to six families of butterflies is presented herein, being recorded 4 species of Papilionidae, 16 of Pieridae, 29 of Lycaenidae, 41 of Riodinidae, 87 of Nymphalidae and 83 of Hesperiidae. The butterfly community was composed mainly by widespread species commonly found in open habitats. There were also many species typical of forested areas, as such Morpho telemachus richardusFruhstorfer, 1898 (Nymphalidae: Morphini), a new record to the Northeastern Brazil.

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