Table 5.
Overview of various ethnobotanical studies of mountain regions in Europe
| Reference | Country/Region | Study area | Number of species | EI | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total flora | MP | |||||
| [60] | Central- southern Italy (Molise) | 378 km2 | ca. 800 | 70 | 6.0 % | 54 Informants |
| [61] | Eastern Italian Alps (Friuli- Venezia Giulia) | 5,700 km2 | ca. 3335 | 177 | 5.3 % | n.d. Informants |
| [53] | Western Italian Alps (Liguria) | 86 km2 | ca. 1500 | 105 | 7.0 % | 65 Informants |
| [54] | Northern Italian Alps (Lombardy) | 896 km2 | ca. 2185 | 184 | 8.4 % | 328 Informants |
| Present study | Northern Italian Alps (South Tyrol) | 7,400 km2 | ca. 2169 | 275 | 12.0 % | 17 Literature sources (a.o. 81 informants in [31]) |
| [48] | North-west Spain (Basque Country) | 802 km2 | ca. 1133 | 139 | 12.3 % | 207 Informants |
| [62] | Albanian Alps (Kosovo) | 3,500 km2 | ca. 1609 | 98 | 6.1 % | 91 Informants |
| [63] | Eastern Switzerland (Prättigau) | 610 km2 | ca. 1414 | 204 | 14.4 % | 91 Informants |
MP medicinal plants, EI ethnobotanicity index