Eipo plant nomenclature and classification compared with other folk taxonomic systems

Paul Hiepko

doi:10.3372/wi.36.36142

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27 February 2006 Eipo plant nomenclature and classification compared with other folk taxonomic systems

Paul Hiepko

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Willdenowia, 36(1):447-453 (2006). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.36.36142

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Ethnobotanical data collected among the Eipo people in the Central Highlands of West New Guinea are compared with the theoretical model of ethnotaxonomic systems developed by Berlin and co-workers based on ethnobotanical studies in Central and South America. The Eipo plant nomenclature appears to fit well in Berlin's general principles and corroborates the existence of universals in folk classification systems.

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Paul Hiepko "Eipo plant nomenclature and classification compared with other folk taxonomic systems," Willdenowia 36(1), 447-453, (27 February 2006). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.36.36142

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