School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights Rd, Reading, Berkshire RG66AS, UK.
Database (Oxford). 2020 Jan 1;2020. doi: 10.1093/database/baz144.
Ethnobotanical databases serve as repositories of traditional knowledge (TK), either at international or local scales. By documenting plant species with traditional use, and most importantly, the applications and modes of use of such species, ethnobotanical databases play a role in the conservation of TK and also provide access to information that could improve hypothesis generation and testing in ethnobotanical studies. Brazil has a rich medicinal flora and a rich cultural landscape. Nevertheless, cultural change and ecological degradation can lead to loss of TK. Here, we present an online database developed with open-source tools with a capacity to include all medicinal flora of Brazil. We present test data for the Leguminosae comprising a total of 2078 records, referred to here as use reports, including data compiled from literature and herbarium sources. Unlike existing databases, Ewé provides tools for the visualization of large datasets, facilitating hypothesis generation and meta-analyses. The Ewé database is currently available at www.ewedb.com.
民族植物学数据库是传统知识 (TK) 的存储库，无论是在国际层面还是在地方层面。通过记录具有传统用途的植物物种，最重要的是，记录这些物种的应用和使用方式，民族植物学数据库在保护 TK 方面发挥了作用，同时也提供了获取信息的途径，这些信息可以改进民族植物学研究中的假设生成和测试。巴西拥有丰富的药用植物资源和丰富的文化景观。然而，文化变迁和生态退化可能导致 TK 的丧失。在这里，我们展示了一个使用开源工具开发的在线数据库，该数据库具有包含巴西所有药用植物群的能力。我们提供了豆科植物的测试数据，共计 2078 条记录，这里称为使用报告，包括从文献和标本来源汇编的数据。与现有数据库不同，Ewé 提供了用于可视化大型数据集的工具，有助于生成假设和进行荟萃分析。Ewé 数据库目前可在 www.ewedb.com 上获得。
