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SHAMANISM OR SCIENCE?
Angiospermas
Espécies medicinais
Espécies comestíveis
Tendências sistemáticas
Tendências evolutivas
Chácobo
Kayapó
Angiosperms
Medicinal species
Edible species
Systematic trends
Evolutionary trends
Chácobo
Kayapó
Ka’apor
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacodinâmica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
The interconnection of the three organismic levels, metabolism, morphology, and biogeography, can now be
amplified into a multipart architecture, introducing plant bioactivity through ethnobotany-oriented descriptions.
Only via such an integrative model, the diverse organismic levels can be connected within a more
holistic, realistic scheme. Construction of qualitative and quantitative models via evolutionarily conceived
implantation into dahlgrenograms and Sporne indices, allows ethnobotany to acquire predictive validity. The
coherence of such systems was demonstrated by comparison of the vast ethnobotanical Brazilian database
by Pio Corrêa with relatively very minute databases referring to three Amazonian Indian societies.
Keywords in Portuguese
EtnobotânicaAngiospermas
Espécies medicinais
Espécies comestíveis
Tendências sistemáticas
Tendências evolutivas
Chácobo
Kayapó
Keywords
EthnobotanyAngiosperms
Medicinal species
Edible species
Systematic trends
Evolutionary trends
Chácobo
Kayapó
Ka’apor
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