Participatory ethnobotany: comparison between two quilombos in the Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil

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Plant Biology

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Introduction

Methodology

Ethical permissions

Human groups and study areas

Quilombo da Fazenda

Quilombo do Cambury

Participatory ethnobotany

Diversity of local species: comparison between quilombos

Results and discussion

Analysis of the diversity of species known to local experts: comparison between quilombos

Conclusion

Supplemental Information

Difference between the communities of the two quilombos raw data.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16231/supp-1

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque is an Academic Editor at PeerJ.

Author Contributions

Thamara Sauini performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Paulo Henrique Gonçalves Santos analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Priscila Yazbek performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Cremilda da Cruz performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Eduardo Hortal Pereira Barretto analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Maria Alice dos Santos performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Maria Angélica Silva Gomes performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Ginacil dos Santos performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Silvestre Braga performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Ricardo José Francischetti Garcia analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Sumiko Honda analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Priscila Matta analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Sonia Aragaki analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Anderson Ueno performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Eliana Rodrigues conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Human Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

For this research to be carried out, the following legal approvals were obtained: (1) to obtain prior informed consent and access traditional knowledge (SISGEN n° A648D14); and (2) to be conducted by the Federal University of São Paulo, (opinion of the Research Ethics Committee n° 0452/2016 and n° 0843/2016); (5) Quilombos’ Prior Consent Form (TAP): authorization from the then representatives of the communities, to carry out the research.

UNIFESP’s Ethics Committee requires that researchers present their research registration in National System for the Management of Genetic Heritage (SISGEN). In order to carry out this registration, it is necessary that the research participants (all of whom are of legal age) sign a document called Prior Consent Term, which authorizes access to their traditional knowledge through local leaders, in this case, the presidents of the associations of both quilombos.

Field Study Permissions

The following information was supplied relating to field study approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

For this research to be carried out, the following legal approvals were obtained: (1) To access the Serra do Mar State Park area (COTEC n° 260108–009.510/2015); (2) to collect plants and access the Serra da Bocaina National Park (SIBIO n° 51199-1/2015 and n° 51199-2/2015).

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data is available in the Supplemental File.

Funding

The research was funded by FAPESP—BIOTA PROGRAM (process number 2015/12046-0) and CNPq—Universal 2016 (process number 400802/2016-3) to Eliana Rodrigues. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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