TY - JOUR
T1 - El uso de la flora medicinal y los conocimientos ancestrales en el contexto del cambio climático en el Valle de Salcca-Cusco Perú
T2 - percepción de los pobladores
AU - Olivares-Torres, Lucila
AU - Rodríguez-álvarez, Moisés
AU - Eguía-Alarcón, Martha A.
AU - Bell, Martha G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/5/2
Y1 - 2024/5/2
N2 - Climate change is affecting high mountain ecosystems, causing alterations in the distribution and range of plant species, with severe impacts in tropical mountains. In the Peruvian Andes, changing patterns of temperature and precipitation, among other factors, are also impacting medicinal plant species used by rural populations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the medicinal flora and the ancestral knowledge associated with its use and management in the context of climate change, in the communities of the Salcca Valley (Cusco, Peru). It was carried out in 2018-2019, during the rainy and dry periods, in thirteen study areas in three altitudinal levels. The botanical collection and the population’s perception of climate change was carried out with interview methods, with the techniques of “partic-ipatory path” methodology, semi-structured questionnaire, and field notes. Results show 183 species of medicinal plants grouped into 141 genera and 63 families. The families with the most species used were the Asteraceae and Fabaceae. Species were grouped into 14 categories of ailments according to their use. The most frequent were to relieve illnesses of the digestive system, the genitourinary system, and the respiratory system as well as to treat traumatic injury. leaves in a fresh state and the form of an infusion. Climate change, according to the perception of the inhabitants, is altering the properties, growth, behavior, and distribution of the medicinal plants of the Salcca Valley.
AB - Climate change is affecting high mountain ecosystems, causing alterations in the distribution and range of plant species, with severe impacts in tropical mountains. In the Peruvian Andes, changing patterns of temperature and precipitation, among other factors, are also impacting medicinal plant species used by rural populations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the medicinal flora and the ancestral knowledge associated with its use and management in the context of climate change, in the communities of the Salcca Valley (Cusco, Peru). It was carried out in 2018-2019, during the rainy and dry periods, in thirteen study areas in three altitudinal levels. The botanical collection and the population’s perception of climate change was carried out with interview methods, with the techniques of “partic-ipatory path” methodology, semi-structured questionnaire, and field notes. Results show 183 species of medicinal plants grouped into 141 genera and 63 families. The families with the most species used were the Asteraceae and Fabaceae. Species were grouped into 14 categories of ailments according to their use. The most frequent were to relieve illnesses of the digestive system, the genitourinary system, and the respiratory system as well as to treat traumatic injury. leaves in a fresh state and the form of an infusion. Climate change, according to the perception of the inhabitants, is altering the properties, growth, behavior, and distribution of the medicinal plants of the Salcca Valley.
KW - Ancestral knowledge
KW - climate change
KW - local perception
KW - medicinal plants
KW - Peru
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85203607013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.15446/caldasia.v46n2.103926
DO - 10.15446/caldasia.v46n2.103926
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85203607013
SN - 0366-5232
VL - 46
SP - 237
EP - 250
JO - Caldasia
JF - Caldasia
IS - 2
ER -