Title: Living in a global world: ethnobotany, local knowledge and sustainability. 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for Econo- mic Botany. Book of Abstracts Coordination: Ana Maria Carvalho, Manuel Pardo de Santayana & Rainer Bussmann Edition: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Centro de Investigação de Montanha & Society for Economic Botany · 2017 5300-253 Bragança · Portugal Tel. (+351) 273 303 200 · Fax (+351) 273 325 405 www.ipb.pt Design: Image Services of Instituto Politécnico de Bragança ISBN: 978-972-745-224-8 Disponível em: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/14256 Organizing Committee Ana Maria Carvalho – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal João Azevedo – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal Manuel Pardo de Santayana – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España Rainer Bussmann – Missouri Botanical Garden, William L. Brown Center, United States of America Cassandra Quave – Emory University, United States of America Gayle Fritz – Washington University, St. Louis, United States of America Steven Casper – Society for Economic Botany President, Cheverly, MD, United States of America Atilano Suarez – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Serviços de Imagem, Portugal Isabel Sá – ALDEIA, Associação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Portugal Maria de Jesus Caldeireiro – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal Nuno Carvalho – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, CIESA, Portugal Sónia Cruz – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, GIAPE, Portugal Heather Cacanindin – Society for Economic Botany Office, United States of America Robert Brandt – Society for Economic Botany Office, United States of America Sandra Bogdanova – Society for Economic Botany Student Representative Dear colleagues It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society In 2017, the 58th SEB Annual Meeting and the 2nd Hispano-Portuguese Meeting on for Economic Botany (SEB) and the 2nd Hispano-Portuguese Meeting on Ethnobiol- Ethnobiology are held in the city of Bragança, Portugal within an ecological and culturally ogy (II EHPE), a joint event aiming at connecting economic botanists and ethnobiologists fascinating environment, organized by the Mountain Research Centre (CIMO) of the Poly- from all over the world. technic Institute of Bragança (IPB) and the Society for Economic Botany (SEB) with the active involvement of local, national and international entities. The Society for Economic Botany (SEB) was established in 1959 and the annual meeting brings together people interested in the past, present, and future uses of plants, Several institutions sponsored a comprehensive programme: the William L. Brown and the relationship between plants and human societies. SEB fosters and encourag- Center (USA), Springer Nature (UK), Regional Northern Culture Directorate (DRCN, Portu- es scientific research and education in the transdisciplinary field of economic botany. gal), Bragança Municipality (CMB, Portugal), Centro Ciencia Viva de Bragança (Portugal) With members from across the U.S.A. and more than 64 countries around the globe, SEB and Fundação Caixa CA, Bragança (Portugal). serves as the world’s largest and most-respected professional society for individuals who are concerned with basic botanical, as well as, with agronomical, anthropological, phy- The conference theme Living in a global world: ethnobotany, local knowledge tochemical, ethnological and many others studies of plants known to be useful or those and sustainability gathered 230 delegates from 41 countries of Africa, Americas, Asia, which may have potential uses so far undeveloped. Since 1960, SEB Annual Meetings Europe and Oceania. A total of 230 abstracts were submitted: 12 plenary lectures and provide a stimulating milieu for scientific exchange amongst SEB members and research- special addresses, 152 papers and 66 posters. ers from different countries and regions. Bringing together the European community and a broader international community The Hispano-Portuguese Meeting on Ethnobiology (EHPE) highlights previous col- of scientists and stakeholders, this joint event creates a unique opportunity for individuals laborations between Hispano-Portuguese ethnobiologists and aims to involve the global and institutions to share experiences and to establish information and collaboration net- Hispanic-Portuguese-speaking communities to the greatest extent possible. Albacete, works, taking advantage of a multicultural, friendly and pleasant environment. Castilla La Mancha, Spain, hosted the I EHPE in 2010, simultaneously with the 11th Con- gress of the International Society of Ethnopharmacology (ISE 2010). In Albacete, about 80 Thank you for your contributions and support! We are very grateful to those who Hispano-Portuguese speakers with diverse backgrounds and interest, researching in Eu- helped and contributed to achieve this event. rope, South America, Africa and Asia, presented their works and discussed wider impor- tance of Ethnobiological research. Six years later, we promote a second meeting (II EHPE) aiming at updating and strengthening networks between different research groups, ex- Bragança, June 2017 perts, students and any people interested in interdisciplinary ethno biological approaches. The Organizing Committee Book of Abstracts page 4 Programme Sunday, June 4th, 2017 Wednesday, June 7th 09h30-16h30 SEB Council Meeting 09h00-19h00 Field trips 10h30-17h30 14th Biocultural Collections Meeting • Exploring biocultural diversity, land use and resources management within Trás- 17h00-19h00 Registration opens os-Montes territory. Montesinho Natural Park. Ana Maria Carvalho & Carlos Aguiar. Monday, June 5th • Tales of a border land: Terras de Miranda and Douro International. 08h00 Registration opens Isabel Sá & João Brandão Rodrigues. 09h00 Opening ceremony 09h30 Biocultural Diversity in Trás-os-Montes: Carlos Aguiar & João Azevedo Thursday, June 8th 10h00 Plenary lecture. Invited keynote speaker: Ina Vandebroek 09h00 Plenary lecture. Invited keynote speaker: Cassandra Quave 10h45 Coffee break 09h45 Plenary lecture. Invited keynote speaker: Łukasz Łuczaj 11h15 Plenary lecture. Invited keynote speaker: Rainer Bussmann 10h30Coffee break 12h00 Symposia 1, 2 and SEB Free topics 11h00 Symposia 3 and 4 13h00 Lunch 13h00 Lunch 14h30 Symposia 1, 2 and SEB Free topics 14h30 Symposia 3 and 4 16h30 Coffee break 16h30 Coffee break 17h00 Symposia 1, 2 and SEB Free topics 17h00 SEB business meeting 19h30 Pause 18h00 Distinguished Economic Botanist Lecture: Professor Roy Ellen 19h45 Opening night reception: Porto de Honra 19h00 Pause 20h00 Gala Dinner and Awards. Closing Ceremony Tuesday, June 6th 09h00 Plenary lecture. Invited keynote speaker: Victoria Reys-Garcia Friday, June 9th and SaturdayJune 10th 09h45 Plenary lecture. Invited keynote speaker: Isabel Ferreira Optional post conference tours: 10h30 Coffee break 11h00 2nd Hispano-Portuguese Meeting on Ethnobiology (II EHPE), Symposia 3 and 4 • Douro River Cruise from Régua to Porto, Portugal – wine tourism 13h00 Lunch • Guided tour Salamanca, Spain. 13h30 Mentorship Lunch. • Cork Tour, Montados do Redondo, Alentejo, Portugal 14h30 Workshops W2 and W4 and II EHPE/Symposia 3 and 4 • Fernanda Botelho Herbal Workshop, Alpedrinha, Portugal. 16h30 Coffee break 17h00 Workshops W1, W5, W6 and W7 18h00 ConSEPTFS Discussion Forum / Medicinal Plant Walk with Fernanda Botelho 19h30 Pause 20h00 Music, wine and local produce degustation 21h30 Student Social Event Book of Abstracts page 5 List of Symposia 14th Biocultural Collections Meeting • Symposium 1 Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions, Monday June 5 Museum Abade de Baçal tour • Symposium 2 Economic botany: approaches from Archaeobotany, Ethnogra- Biocultural tour of Ethnographic Museum Dr. Belarmino Afonso phy and History, Monday June 5 Jan Salick (Missouri Botanical Garden, William L. Brown Center) • SEB Free topics, Monday June 5 Ana Afonso (Museu Abade de Baçal) • Symposium 3 Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology and natural products: chal- Irene Queijo (Museu Abade de Baçal) lenges and trends, Tuesday June 6 and Thursday June 8 Amândio Felício (Direção Regional Cultura Norte) • Symposium 4 Agrobiodiversity and traditional knowledge: conservation strat- egies and sustainable development, Tuesday June 6 and Thursday June 8 • 2nd Hispano-Portuguese Meeting on Ethnobiology (II EHPE), Tuesday June 6 Consensus Statement on Ethnopharmacological Field Cork and cork production Markets and urban ethnobotany Studies – ConSEPTFS Ethnobotanical linguistics and toponymy Discussion Forum Ecossystem services Michael Heinrich, University College London, School of Pharmacy Empowerment of traditional knowledge holders and politics Traditional knowledge networks Free topics Tuesday Medicinal Plant Walk with Fernanda Botelho List of Workshops Fernanda Botelho, Independent writer and plant investigator Organized on behalf of the SEB Meeting Students Event by the Students Commit- tee W1 – Animal traction in sustainable agroforestry management João Brandão Rodrigues (APTRAN) W2 – Genesis of a natural skin care product: A journey with the Caribbean man- Mentorship Lunch go Sonia Peter (Barbados Community College) Organized on behalf of the SEB Meeting Students Event by the Students Committee W4 – Traditional wheat and homemade couscous in Trás-os-Montes Fernanda Afonso (Fresulfe) & Isabel Sá (ALDEIA) Mentors W5 – CONECT-e: The Wikipedia of Spanish Traditional Ecological Knowledge Maria Fadiman (Florida Atlantic University,