Tendência dos estudos etnobotânicos no Cerrado: revisão cienciométrica

Abstract

This study provides a review of the trend of scientific production for Ethnobotany in the brazilian Cerrado. The search without restriction of time and with the keywords searched for: ethnobotanical, biome Cerrado; Ethonobotany, in the databases of Web of Science, Scopus, Scielo and Portal Periodico Capes found scientific production from the year 2000, totaling 93 studies, resulting in significant growth (p <0.05) over the years. When we evaluated the social groups studied, we found urban communities was the most value in this research (43%), followed by rural communities (29%). Quilombola and indigenous communities it was the smallest percentage of works found on the traditional knowledge of the use of the plants. The temporal trend of the ethnocategories showed significant growth (p <0.05) for medicinal plants, being 62% of the researches. In addition, we observed that 13 families were distinguished in species diversity and references of use in the brazilian Cerrado, among them Fabaceae was the most documented, followed by Asteraceae and Lamiaceae. In this sense, ethnobotanical studies in the cerrado hotspot are important for valorization of this traditional knowledge and for awareness of the conservationist role that must exist in this biome, as well as contribute to biodiversity conservation policies.