Conservation priorities for medicinal woody species in a cerrado area in the Chapada do Araripe, northeastern Brazil

Daiany Alves Ribeiro (), Delmacia Gonçalves Macedo, Liana Geraldo Souza Oliveira, Maria Santos, Bianca Vilar Almeida, Julimery Gonçalves Ferreira Macedo, Márcia Jordana Ferreira Macêdo, Renata Kelly Dias Souza, Thatiane Maria Araújo and Marta Maria Souza
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Daiany Alves Ribeiro: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Delmacia Gonçalves Macedo: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Liana Geraldo Souza Oliveira: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Maria Santos: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Bianca Vilar Almeida: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Julimery Gonçalves Ferreira Macedo: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Márcia Jordana Ferreira Macêdo: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Renata Kelly Dias Souza: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Thatiane Maria Araújo: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Marta Maria Souza: Universidade Regional do Cariri

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2019, vol. 21, issue 1, No 5, 77 pages

Abstract: Abstract Current ethnobiological studies can offer positive aspects when they include the knowledge of traditional communities in developing different strategies for biodiversity conservation. This study aimed to classify medicinal woody species for priority conservation site in an area of cerrado disjoint in Chapada do Araripe, northeastern Brazil. The availability of woody medicinal plants and conservation priority scores were achieved by the relative density of the sampled forest fragment and ethnobotanical information obtained through semi-structured interviews with 50 local informants. Sixty-one woody medicinal plants were recorded, belonging to 26 families and 59 genera; 29 of these were available and have the use of bark and inner stem bark associated (46.6%). Himatanthus drasticus (Mart.) Plumel, Caryocar coriaceum Wittm., Ximenia americana L., Croton zehntneri Pax & K. Hoffm., Hymenaea courbaril L., Copaifera lansdorfii Desf., Sideroxylon obtusifolium (Roem. & Schult.) T.D.Penn., Anacardium ocidentale L. and Dimorphandra gardneriana Tull. are some of the priority species needing attention in carrying out conservation measures, in order to ensure the perpetuation of these species and the sustainability of traditional therapeutics practices.

Keywords: Availability; Biodiversity; Medicinal plants; Priority conservation; Risk collection; Use-values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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