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From: p8443882@aix00.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (David Orlovich)
Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Textbooks?
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A good plant systematics text is Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics by
Clive A. Stace.  It ISN'T a book about plant identification but it has
lots of systematics - phylogenetics theory suitable for the undergraguate
student.  I think the publisher is Academic Press but I don't have a copy
with me to check.
David Orlovich.



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    I highly recommend Michael Moore's MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC WEST
to anyone on or near the west coast.  This is a very useful book for US$19.95. 
Beautiful line drawings by Mimi Kamp for each plant and over 30 small
colour plates assist identification.  

The plant monographs are:  

aconite, alum root, amole lily, angelica, arnica, balsam poplar,
balsam root, baneberry, bergamot mint, betony, bidens, bittersweet, 
black cohosh, bleeding heart, blueberry, brook mint, buckbean,
buckwheat bush, bunchberry, california bay, california bayberry, 
california buckeye, california mugwort, california poppy, california
snakeroot, california spikenard, desert milkweed, devil's club, european 
pennyroyal, false solomon's seal, figwort, fireweed, goldthread, 
hawthorn, hedge nettle, horehound, hummingbird sage, hypericum, 
inside-out flower, labrador tea, lemon balm, licorice fern, lomantium, 
madrone, maidenhair fern, manzanita, matilija poppy, mormon tea, nettle, 
oregon grape, oxeye daisy, pearly everlasting, peppermint, pitcher sage, 
prickly poppy, red cedar, red root, redwood, salal, sarsaparilla, 
silk tassel, spearmint, stream orchid, sweet root, trillium, urva ursi, 
valerian, vanilla leaf, western coltsfoot, western pasque flower, 
western peony, western skunk cabbage, white sage, wild ginger, yarrow, 
yellow pond lily, yerba buena, yerba del lobo, yerba reuma, and yerba santa.

There is one appendix that briefly describes another hundred or so plants 
in about 20 pages and another that lists plants by therapeutic use in 8 
pages.  In addition, there is a good glossary of almost 30 pages.  
A 5 page list of selected references and an index of plant names follow.

The following excerpt is the devolved for email and sans line drawing 
version of the monograph for Maidenhair Fern - pg 174-176. 
copyright 1993 Michael Moore so buy the book, eh?

>MAIDENHAIR FERN
>Adiantum pedatum     (Polypodiaceae)
>OTHER NAMES  Five-Finger Fern; Culantrillo
>
>APPEARANCE  To describe this lovely is almost redundant.  The fronds form 
>colonies that arise from creeping, scaly rootstalks, and the individual 
>fronds splay out palmately and fanlike from 1- to 2-foot shiny black or 
>brown wire-stems.  The colonies and the places they grow evoke images of 
>salamanders, deva-magic, and the cool shade of the world before Man.
>The fronds are kind of groovy too: water won't wet them.  There are two 
>other species you may encounter.  In warm, clean canyons of coastal 
>California you may find California Maidenhair (A. jordanii); it is 
>irregular-leaved, dark brown, shiny stemmed, and with the leaflets 
>(pinnules) shaped like little fans that are more broad than long.  
>The European Venus-hair fern (A. capillus-veneris) is to be found 
>occasionally, with greater ferny side stems and leaflets more long than 
>broad.  I don't like gathering it, as a rule, only because of its relative 
>scarcity.

>HABITAT  Our primary Maidenhair Fern can be found throughout the Pacific
>Coast, from central California (the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra
>Nevada) north to Alaska and east through cool forests, from near the beaches 
>to the middle mountains.  Cool, damp, shady, and clean is the ticket.  The
>California Maidenhair is found mostly in the coastal mountains, from Santa
>Cruz to San Diego, rarely east of the Central Valley, up warm, wet canyons, 
>near seeps and Monkey Flowers.
>
>CONSTITUENTS  Filicine, filcinal, adiantone, adipedifol (hopanetype tri-
>terpenes); b-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol (phytosterols); mucilage,
>and tannin.
>
>COLLECTING  Gather the frond and stems, removed at ground level, bundle, 
>and dry Method A.  The bundles look so nice hanging around the house on
>hooks that sometimes it's tempting to leave them up as decorations until they 
>are needed.  Sadly, they fade rather quickly, so store them in the the dark, 
>away from the appreciative glances of friends.
>
>STABILITY  If stored in the dark, Maidenhair Fern is stable for at least two 
>years.
>
>PREPARATION  Standard Infusion, 1 to 4 fluid ounces, or just any old way 
>you want.
>
>MEDICINAL USES  Maidenhair Fern is a gentle remedy and is not for the 
>heroic of inclination.  It does work quite nicely, however, for a variety of 
>common imbalances.  It is astringent, hemostatic,and slightly stimulant to
>to mucus membrane functions.  The widest use is for coughing and 
>heaviness in the lungs, either from an actual bronchial infection or from 
>tiredness or weakness in those who seem to show every little problem by
>wheezing, gurgling, and throat clearing.  I have found it helps to drink a cup
>of the tea in the morning if you are particularly susceptible to smog and air 
>pollution.  In Europe and Latin America it has a long history of stimulating
>slow and crampy menses to organize.  It seems most effective for young 
>women and those having trouble getting back on cycle after birthing, nursing, 
>or coming off birth control pills.
>    In a far subtler fashion, Maidenhair Fern combines well with Horsetail, 
>another botanical source of silica, for strengthing, over a period of time, 
>chronic stress on connective tissues, particularly in filtering organs.  This 
>makes it helpful for liver weakness, especially from alcohol, early 
>borderline emphysema, and kidney weaknesses that might, in time, become overt 
>renal failure.  It has mild vasopressor and diuretic effects in rats.
>
>OTHER USES  The tea, either infusion or decotion, is an exellent Hair rinse, 
>adding some body (particularly in sun-dried or over-processed conditions) 
>and, with Chamomile or Yarrow added to the tea, some sheen and, dare I 
>say it, luster.  

from:  Michael Moore,  1993.  MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC WEST.
              Red Crane Books, 826 Camino de Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 
              New Mexico  87501.
              ill. by Mimi Kamp
              ISBN 1-878610-31-7








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Keywords: Ethnobotany; Medicinal Plants; Indigenous Knowledge;
Participatory
          Action Research; Ecuador;

        "Nucanchic Panpa Janpicuna" or "Plantas Medicinales del Campo" is
the name of a bilingual (Quichua-Spanish) book that documents more than 120
medicinal plants used in the indigenous communities of La Esperanza,
Angochagua, and Caranqui, Imbabura, Ecuador.  The investigation for this
project was undertaken primarily by two campesino volunteers from every
participating community, under the auspices of the Union de Organizaciones
y Comunidades Indigenas de Angochagua, La Esperanza, y Caranqui
(UNOCIAE-C).

        The illustrated bilingual edition was developed primarily for the
campesinos of the region.  It includes drawings and latin names of most of
the plants and icons to pictorially represent methods of remedy preparation
and use.  An attempt was made to maintain the flavor of the languages, as
spoken and understood by the campesinos concerned.

        Future extensions of the project include the creation of a garden
of medicinal plants in each community.  Funding for the creation and
maintenance of the gardens is expected to be generated by proceeds from the
sale of this book.  The book will be sold within the communities, below
printing cost.

        The book was published jointly by ABYA-YALA and colegio
SINT-TRUIDEN (Belgium).  If anyone is interested in more info or a copy
($10.00), please contact Brij Kothari at (607) 255-0504; 277-3761, or
e-mail: bk19@cornell.edu
All proceeds go to the communities.


