ethnobotany

science of the study of plants in relation to their use by humans
Intangible academic_discipline Q841408
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ethnobotany

Summary

ethnobotany is an academic discipline[1]. ethnobotany draws 764 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #147 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • ethnobotany's field of work was traditional knowledge[3].
  • ethnobotany is credited with the discovery of John William Harshberger[4].
  • ethnobotany's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[5].
  • ethnobotany is a type of botany[6].
  • ethnobotany is a type of ethnology[7].
  • ethnobotany is part of botany[8].
  • ethnobotany is part of ethnology[9].
  • ethnobotany's Commons category is recorded as Ethnobotany[10].
  • ethnobotany's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 1895[11].
  • ethnobotany's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ethnobotany[12].
  • ethnobotany's practiced by is recorded as ethnobotanist[13].

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Definition and Type

ethnobotany's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[5]. Recorded subclass of include botany[6] and ethnology[7].

Use and Application

Part of include botany[8], an academic discipline[14] and ethnology[9], a branch of anthropology[15].

Why It Matters

ethnobotany draws 764 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #147 of 1,010).[2] ethnobotany has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] ethnobotany is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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