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Brief history of Parker's role in the spread of Christian peyotism. Includes plant description and recommended reading list.
www.stainblue.com/quanahparker.html
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Search plants by chemical, activity or ethnobotanical use. Includes list of browsable databases and rainforest information.
www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
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Defines the role of plants in society. Includes articles, discussion forum and related links.
ethnobotany.yage.net/
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From Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. Includes definition of the science, projects, special events and database of plants of the southwest region of the United States.
anthro.fortlewis.edu/ethnobotany/
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Materia medica of the psychoactive mushroom used by natives of subtropical regions.
www.stainblue.com/cubensis.html
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Searchable list of plants from the Amazon rainforest, by common or botanical name, action, ailment, properties or ethnic uses.
www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm
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Alphabetical listing by scientific name. Includes brief descriptions of usage and identifies cultures in which each plant is of interest.
www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/tico/index.html
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Articles, resources, and links.
www.sacredearth.com/ethnobotany.htm
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Ethnobotanical resource directory includes discussion forum, listserve, project and online course information, as well as articles, publications, schools and societies of interest.
www.cieer.org/directory.html
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Describes the science and offers resource links, bibliography and list of online databases.
www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/profiles/smason/smethnob.htm
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Defines the science, explains plant classification, offers articles on medicinal and food plants of Central and South America, and proposes classroom activities for high-school biology students.
www.accessexcellence.org/RC/Ethnobotany/
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Description of plant usage by the San people in West Bushmanland (Namibia) for food, medicine, tools, and decoration.
www.sigridleger.de/book/index.html
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Articles, Message Board, Links, A Modern Herbal...
www.botanical.com/
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Brief biography of the doctor for whom psilocybe weilii was named. Includes comments on his research and data on the chemical components of the mushroom.
www.stainblue.com/andrewweil.html
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News, literature and research specific to Andrographis paniculata, found primarily in India. Includes distribution, cultivation and pharmacological information.
www.geocities.com/andrographis/
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A suggested introductory reading list from the Centre for Economic Botany, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/eblinks/ethnobook.html
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A list of courses available, information for students and a recommended reading list.
www.botany.hawaii.edu/ethnobotany/
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A nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide.
ethnobiology.org/
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Fosters scientific research, education, and related activities on the past, present, and future uses of plants, and the relationship between plants and people.
www.econbot.org/
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Traditional uses of native plants in central Washington state. Includes subsistence patterns, land use, fibers, textiles, and building materials.
www.cwnp.org/ethnobot2.html
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Promotes a book about the effects of mushrooms on culture, religion, and philosophy throughout history, as well as various events on this subject, featuring James Arthur. Includes information on psychedelic mushrooms.
jamesarthur.yage.net/mushroom.html
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Describes healing plants used by northern Plains Indians, including photos. Also contains links to databases, books, and teacher resources.
www.kstrom.net/isk/food/plants.html
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The Journal of Ethnopharmacology, which publishes papers on medicinal and other useful indigenous plants as well as their bioactive compounds.
www.ethnopharmacology.org/
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Resource centre for edible, medicinal, and other useful plants.
www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
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Works in partnership with indigenous people in conserving biodiversity, health, and culture in tropical America.
www.ethnobotany.org/
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A study of coca's role in Andean society and its under-valuation by scholars.
www-personal.umich.edu/~jlvoris/thesis.html
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Articles by Dr.Pankaj Oudhia detailing his research and observation of plants and their medicinal uses native to Chhattisgarh, India and surrounding regions.
botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/poudhia_index.html
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Information on the use of herbs and other natural products in biochemistry, pharmacology, and traditional medicine.
ethnomedicinals.com/
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Describes Dr. Rosita Arvigo's studies and work with tropical plants and traditional healing in Belize.
www.belize.com/ixchel.html
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Web journal with information on ethnobotanical projects and organizations and links.
www.siu.edu/~ebl/
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Describes both food and medicinal uses of plants, listed alphabetically by scientific name.
www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/ethnoarchaeology/ethnobotany/
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The ethnobotanical work of Dr. Deepak Acharya, including full text of papers and pictures of Patalkot valley, India.
dracharya.tripod.com/patal
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Describes current research, including ethnobotany, medicinal botany, traditional uses of plants, and bioprospecting. Also: research policy, discoveries, DNA-banking, Chatham Fellowship, staff, and links.
www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/
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A complete online version of the original printed book by L.S.M. Curtin.
www.uapress.arizona.edu/onlinebks/prophet/titlprop.htm
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A partnership between the WWF and UNESCO, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, producing a programme of capacity-building in ethnobotany applied to conservation and the sustainable use of plant resources.
peopleandplants.org/
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An ethnobotanical study of eastern Peru.
manu.montana.com/
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Based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, carrying out research and providing an identification service.
www.kew.org/scihort/ecbot/
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