Comparison of Herbarium Label Data and Published Medicinal Use: Herbaria as an Underutilized Source of Ethnobotanical Information

摘要: The use of herbarium specimens as vouchers to support ethnobotanical surveys is well established. However, herbaria may be underutilized resources for research that depends on the analysis large datasets compiled across multiple sites. Here, we compare two medicinal datasets, one sourced from published papers and other online determine whether data are comparable what extent add new fill gaps in our knowledge geographical plant use. Using Brazilian legumes a case study, 1400 reports 105 publications 15 herbaria. Of 319 species 107 genera with cited uses, 165 (51%) were recorded only literature 55 (17%) labels. Mode application, part used, or therapeutic was less often documented by specimen labels (17% information) than (70%). 21 128 known report substantiated independently collected specimens, 58 applications, 25 parts, 16 modes application added literature. Thus, when few information-poor, can both validate augment these reports. Herbarium also provide insights into history not captured publications.