Table 1.
Literature sources [20-64] where the level of botanical mistakes was assessed using comparative methods (using the present knowledge of species ranges and the distribution of folk names).
| Author's name | Reference Number | Year | Main topic | No. of taxa with Latin names | Errors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohdanowicz | [20] | 1996 | food | 10 | 2 |
| Chętnik | [21] | 1936 | food | 14 | 0 |
| Dekowski | [22] | 1968 | food | 35 | 0 |
| Dekowski | [23] | 1973 | foraging | 38 | 0 |
| Dydowiczowa | [24] | 1964 | foraging | 44 | 0 |
| Eljasz-Radzikowski | [25] | 1897 | general ethnographic | 18 | 0 |
| Gajkowa | [26] | 1947 | general ethnographic | 4 | 3 |
| Gawełek | [27] | 1910 | ethnomedicine | 36 | 0 |
| Gustawicz | [28] | 1904 | general ethnographic | 18 | 0 |
| Henslowa | [29] | 1962 | selected edible taxa | 12 | 0 |
| Janicka-Krzywda | [30] | 2004 | food | 5 | 1 |
| Jostowa | [31] | 1954 | food | 1 | 0 |
| Kantor | [32] | 1907 | general ethnogr. | 46 | 5 |
| Kolberg | [33] | 1962 (1874) | general ethnogr. | 54 | 1 |
| Kolberg | [34] | 1962 (1882) | general ethnogr. | 35 | 1 |
| Kolberg | [35] | 1962 (1891) | general ethnogr. | 75 | 0 |
| Kolberg | [36] | 1973 | general ethnogr. | 6 | 0 |
| Kolberg | [37] | 1963 (1888) | general ethnogr. | 22 | 0 |
| Kolberg | [38] | 1968 | general ethnogr. | 29 | 0 |
| Libera, Paluch | [39] | 1993 | ethnomedicine | 98 | 0 |
| Łęga | [40] | 1961 | general ethnogr. | 2 | 0 |
| Malicki | [41] | 1971 | foraging | 20 | 0 |
| Ochrymowicz | [42] | 1900 | beliefs about herbs | 52 | 1 |
| Oczykowski | [43] | 1896 | ethnomedicine | 10 | 1 |
| Orzeszkowa | [44] | 1888 | ethnomedicine and beliefs | 69 | 0 |
| Orzeszkowa | [45] | 1891 | ethnomedicine and beliefs | 51 | 0 |
| Paluch | [46] | 1984 | ethnomedicine | 176 | 0 |
| Pietkiewicz | [47] | 1928 | material culture | 23 | 0 |
| Plichta | [48] | 1891 | ethnomedicine | 8 | 0 |
| Ruszel | [49] | 2004 | ethnographic dictionary | 85 | 8 |
| Siarkowski | [50] | 1890 | ethnomedicine | 17 | 0 |
| Siarkowski | [51] | 1891 | ethnomedicine | 5 | 1 |
| Sulisz | [52] | 1906 | general ethnogr. | 11 | 3 |
| Sulisz | [53] | 1906 | general | 8 | 4 |
| Szot-Radziszewska | [54] | 2005 | ethnomedicine | 129 | 4 |
| Szromba-Rysowa | [55] | 1966 | foraging | 63 | 2 |
| Szukiewicz | [56] | 1903 | folk beliefs | 5 | 0 |
| Szulczewski | [57] | 1996 | general ethnogr. | >100 | 0 |
| Szychowska-Boebel | [58] | 1972 | ethnomedicine | 95 | 1 |
| Szychowska-Boebel | [59] | 1978 | ethnomedicine | 49 | 1 |
| Tylkowa | [60] | 1988 | ethnomedicine | 81 | 4 |
| Wawrzeniecki | [61] | 1916 | ritual plants | 14 | 2 |
| Weryho | [62] | 1888 | ethnomedicine | 31 | 1 |
| Wysłouchowa | [63] | 1896 | general ethnogr. | 38 | 0 |
| Udziela | [64] | 1931 | ethnomedicine and beliefs | 141 | 0 |