Prof. Dr. Rainer Bussmann, Dipl. Biol.
Head Department of Botany / Curator
Phone: +49(0)721 175 2848 / 2877 / +49 176 92155014
E-Mail: rainer.bussmann@smnk.de
Prof. Dr. Bussmann received his Diploma in Biology from the University of Tübingen in 1993 and his doctorate from the University of Bayreuth in 1994.
Bussmann is an ethnobotanist and vegetation ecologist and Head of the Botany Department at the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe. As curator, he is responsible for the collections of vascular plants, mosses and lichens.
He is also Full Professor of Ethnobotany at the Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia.
From 2007-2017 Prof. Dr. Bussmann Director of the William L. Brown Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden, William L. Brown Curator of Economic Botany and Senior Curator.
Before assuming leadership of WLBC, he held academic positions as a Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Texas at Austin from 2006-2007 and was an Associate Professor of Botany and scientific director of the Harold Lyon Arboretum at the University of Hawaii from 2003-2006, and from 1994 to 2003 postdoctoral fellow/researcher at the Department of Plant Physiology at the University of Bayreuth.
He serves as an external supervisor for masters and doctoral theses at universities worldwide.
His work focuses on ethnobotanical research and the preservation of traditional knowledge in low and high mountain ranges, especially the Andes, Caucasus and Himalayas.
Prof. Dr. Bussmann is the author of over 370 peer-reviewed articles, over 1300 peer-reviewed book chapters, and author or editor of 38 books. According to Stanford University, he is one of the 2% most cited scientists worldwide and is considered one of the most influential ethnobotanists worldwide.
He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Springer Nature's Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions book series.
Prof. Dr. Bussmann is past President of the Society for Economic Botany and has served on the boards of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology, the Society of Ethnobiology, the Botanical Society of America, and the International Society of Ethnobiology.
Bussmann is Editor-in-Chief of Ethnobotany Research and Applications, Associate Editor of the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Academic Editor of PLOS One, Section Editor of Ethnobotany for the Nordic Journal of Botany, and a member of the Editorial Boards of Ethnobiology and Conservation, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, Pleione and Nelumbo.
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Projects
- Book project - Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions
- Botanical taxonomy, identification and reference literature
- Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology in the Himalayas - India, Nepal, Pakistan
- Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property and Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing
- Ethnobotany Research and Applications
- Gastronomic ethnobotany
- Markets and Globalization
- Medicinal plants in northern Peru and southern Ecuador
- The Caucasus - flora, vegetation and ethnobotany
- Medicinal Plants and Herbal Food Ingredients in the 21st Century - Benefits and Safety
- Plants, lichens and bryophytes in Baden-Württemberg - taxonomy, distribution and use
- The Adelegg - flora, vegetation and ethnobotany of a central European mountain landscape
Selected Publications
- Ali E, Azhar MF, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Ethnobotanical inventory and medicinal applications of plants used by the local people of Cholistan desert Pakistan.. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:2: doi: 10.32859/era.25.21.1-23
- Angmo K, Gailson L, Adhikari BS, Bussmann RW, Rawat GS. (2023):
- Perception of medical health care practitioners and health care consumers towards traditional health care systems in western Ladakh India. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:43: doi: 10.32859/era.25.43.1-9
- Arshad, F; Haq, SM; Waheed, M; Jameel, MA; Bussmann, R.W. (2023):
- Environmental variables drive medicinal plant composition and distribution in various forest types of subtropical region in Pakistan.. Acta Ecologica Sinica : doi: 10.1016/j.chnaes.2023.05.001
- Bashir SM, Altaf M, Hussain T, Umair M, Majeed M, MangrioWM, Khan AM, Gulshan AB, Hamed MH, Ashraf S, Amjad MS, Bussmann RW, Abbasi AM, Casini R, Alataway A, Dewidar AZ, Al-Yafrsi M, Amin MH, Elansary HO. (2023):
- Vernacular Taxonomy Cultural and Ethnopharmacological Applications of Avian and Mammalian Species in the Vicinity of Ayubia National Park Himalayan Region. Biology 12:609: doi: 10.3390/biology12040609
- Benkhnigue O, Khamar H, Bussmann RW, Chaachouay N, Zidane L. (2023):
- Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants used in treating some liver diseases in the Al-Haouz Rehamna region (Morocco). Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:34: doi: 10.32859/era.25.34.1-32
- Boboev S, Makhkamov T, Bussmann RW, Zafar M, Yuldashev A. (2023):
- Anatomical and phytochemical studies and ethnomedicinal uses of Colchicum autumnale L.. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:6: doi: 10.32859/era.25.6.1-9
- Dastagir G, Bibi S, Ul Uza N, Bussmann RW, I, Samiullah. (2023):
- Microscopic evaluation ethnobotanical and phytochemical profiling of a traditional drug Viola odorata L. from Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:4: doi: 10.32859/era.25.4.1-24
- Farias Lima, JR; Nunes Carvalho, TK; Santos Souza, R; Hart, R; Bussmann, RW; Fernandes Magalhães, H; da Silva Oliveira, RC; Farias Paiva de Lucena, R. (2023):
- Can the traditional use of native plant species in rural communities in the Brazilian semi-arid region be affected by global warming?. Ethnobiology and Conservation 12:11: doi:10.15451/ec2023-06-12.11-121
- Gao, J; Xue, T; Xia, X; Tang, C; Qin, F; Yang, X; Wang, J; Huang, Y; Qi, Y; Bussmann, RW; Luo, C; Yu, SX (2023):
- Priority management measures based on analyses of conservation effectiveness and threat factors for medicinal plants used by three ethnic groups in China. Biological Conservation 283:110120: doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110120
- Haq SM, Waheed M, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Measuring forest health at stand level: A multi-indicator evaluation for use in adaptive management and policy. Ecological Indicators 150:110225: doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110225
- Haq SM, Waheed M, Khoja AA, Amjad MS, Bussmann RW, Ali K. (2023):
- A cross-cultural study of high-altitude botanical resources among diverse ethnic groups in Kashmir Himalaya India. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 19(2): doi: 10.1186/s13002-023-00582-8
- Haq, SM; Amjad, MS; Waheed, M; Bussmann, RW; Ali, K; Jones, DA. (2023):
- Vegetation communities and identification of indicator species in the riparian areas of Zabarwan mountain range in the Kashmir Himalaya. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators : doi: 10.1016/j.indic.2023.100277
- Haq, SM; Khoja, AA; Lone, FA; Waheed, M; Bussmann, RW; Mahmoud, EA; Elansary, HO. (2023):
- Floristic composition, life history traits and phytogeographic distribution of forest vegetation in the Western Himalaya. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 6: doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2023.1169085
- Haq, SM; Waheed, M; R; Bussmann, RW; Arshad, F; AM; Casini, R; Alataway, A; AZ; Elansary, HO. (2023):
- Climate Change and Human Activities, the Significant Dynamic Drivers of Himalayan Goral Distribution (Naemorhedus goral). Biology 12:610: doi: 10.3390/biology12040610
- Hassan M, Haq SM, Amjad MS, Ahmad R, Bussmann RW, Pérez de la Lastra JM. (2023):
- Invertebrates and Herptiles for livelihoods - ethnozoological use among different ethnic communities in Jammu and Kashmir (Indian Himalayas). Frontiers in Pharmacology : doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1043155
- Hussain J, Mehta JP, Singh A, Bagria AJ, Singh H, Nautiyal MC, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Ethno-medicinal plants of indigenous people: A case study in Khatling valley of Western Himalaya India. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:3: 10.32859/era.25.3.1-19
- Hussain, K; Ul Islam Dar, ME; Mehmood, A; Sabir, S; MS; Ahmad, KS; Bussmann, RW. (2023):
- Ethnomedicinal uses and conservation status of medicinal orchids from Western Himalayas of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 26(1): doi: 10.32859/era.26.1.1- 13
- Iqbal KJ, Umair M, Altaf M, Hussain T, Ahmad RM, Zain Ul Abdeen SM, Pieroni P, Abbasi AM, Ali S, Ashraf S, Amjad N, Khan AM, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Cross-cultural diversity analysis: traditional knowledge and uses of freshwater fish species by indigenous peoples of southern Punjab Pakistan. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 19(4): doi: 10.1186/s13002-022-00573-1
- Jameel, MA; Nadeem, MS; Haq, SM; Iqra Mubeen, Arifa Shabbir, Shahzad Aslam, Riyaz Ahmad, Gaafar, ARZ; Al-Munqedhi, BMA; Bussmann, RW. (2023):
- Shifts in the distribution range and niche dynamics of the globally threatened Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) due to climate change and human population pressure. Biology 12:1015: doi: 10.3390/biology12071015
- Jan, HA; Mir, TA; Bussmann, RW; Jan, M; Hanif, U; Wali, S. (2023):
- Cross-cultural ethnomedicinal study of the wild species of the genus Berberis used by the ethnic communities living along both sides of the Indo-Pak border in Kashmir.. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 26(3): doi: 10.32859/era.26.3.1-14
- Khamraeva DT, Tukhtaeva DN, Khojimatov OK Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Ferula tadshikorum Pimenov - introduction chemical composition and use in folk medicine. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:24: doi: 10.32859/era.25.24.1-10
- Khamraeva, D; Usmonov M; Bussmann, R; Khalilova, E; Kodirov, U. (2023):
- New data on the morphological and anatomical structure, chemical composition and distribution area of a rare species Komarovia anisosperma in Uzbekistan. Biological Communications 68(1): 10.21638/spbu03.2023.102
- Khan K, Jan G, Irfan M, Jan FG, Hamayun M, Ullah F, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Ethnoveterinary uses of medicinal plants amongst the tribal populations of District Malakand Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:42: doi: 10.32859/era.25.42.1-24
- Liu Q, Xue T-T, Zhang X-X, Yang X-D, Qin F, Zhang W-D, Wu L, Bussmann RW, Yu S-X. (2023):
- Distribution and conservation of near threatened plants in China. Plant Diversity : doi: 10.1016/j.pld.2023.02.005
- Malik, ZA; Singh, A; Malik, BA; Nautiyal, MC; Bussmann, RW. (2023):
- Megacarpaea polyandra Benth. ex Madden - a promising traditional therapeutic herb from the high-altitude Himalayas: A systematic review. Acta Ecologica Sinica
- Mazher M, Ishtiaq M, Hamid B, Haq SM, Mazhar M, Bashir F, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Ethnobotanical importance and conservation status of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad in division Mirpur Kashmir Himalaya. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:33: doi: 10.32859/era.25.33.1-14
- Qin F, Zhang XX, Huang YF, Wu L, Xu WB, Xue TT, Zhang WD, Liu Q, Yu JH, Gao JJ, Bussmann RW, Wang J, Yu SX. (2023):
- Geographic distribution conservation effectiveness and gaps for national key protected wild plants in China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution : doi: 10.1111/jse.12941
- Rahman IU, Ijaz F, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Editorial: Ethnoveterinary practices: Animal production healthcare and livelihood development. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 9:1086311: doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1086311
- Rajapaksha R, Pham VT, Ojha R, Islam T, De Silva N, Pushpakumara G, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Ethnobotany of Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites: the spiny edible aroid in Asia. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution : doi: 10.1007/s10722-023-01574-z
- Ranil RHG Wijewickrama MPT, Rajatewa RMAPM, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Etymology of botanical nomenclature: Sri Lankan contribution. Ceylon Journal of Science 51(1): 1-16
- Shah IA Burni T, Badshah L, Ul Uza N, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Quantitative ethnobotanical study and conservation status of herbal flora of Koh-e-Suleman range Razmak valley North Waziristan Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:26: doi: 10.32859/era.26.5.1-18
- Singh J, Rajasekaran A, Negi AK, Pala NA, Panwar VP, Bussmann RW, Malik ZA. (2023):
- Potential of wild edible fruits for nutrition in indigenous communities of Northwest Himalaya India. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:9: doi: 10.32859/era.25.9.1-15
- Suárez-Rebaza LA, de Albuquerque RDDG, Zavala E, Alva-Plasencia PM, Ganoza-Suárez MM, Ganoza-Yupanqui ML, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Chemical composition and antioxidant capacity of purified extracts of Prosopis pallida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth (Fabaceae) fruits from Northern Peru. Blacpma 22(5): doi: 10.37360/blacpma.23.22.5.43
- Torres-Guevara FA, Ganoza-Yupanqui ML, Mantilla-Rodriguez E, Suárez-Rebaza LA, Bussmann RW. (2023):
- Ethnobotany of fruit species native to paramos and cloud forests of Northern Peru. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 25:10: doi: 10.32859/era.25.10.1-15
- Waheed M, Arshad F, M, Haq SM, R, Bussmann RW, Ali K, Subhan F, Jones DA, Zaitouny A. (2023):
- Potential distribution of a noxious weed (Solanum viarum Dunal) current status and future invasion risk based on MaxEnt modeling. Geology Ecology and Landscapes : doi: 10.1080/24749508.2023.2179752
- Waheed M, Haq SM, Arshad F, Bussmann RW, Ali HM, Siddiqui MH. (2023):
- Phyto-ecological distribution patterns and identification of alien invasive indicator species in relation to edaphic factors from semi-arid region. Ecological Indicators 148:110053: doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110053
- Waheed M, Haq SM, Arshad F, Bussmann RW, Pieroni A, Mahmoud EA, Casini R, Yessoufou K, Elansary HO. (2023):
- Traditional Wild Food Plants Gathered by Ethnic Groups Living in Semi-Arid Region of Punjab Pakistan. Biology 12:269: doi: 10.3390/ biology12020269
- Waheed, M; Haq, SM; Arshad, F; Jameel, MA; Siddiqui, MH; Bussmann, RW; Manshoor, N; Alamri, S. (2023):
- Where will threatened Aegle marmelos L. tree of the semi-arid region go under climate change? Implications for reintroduction of the species. Land 12:1433: doi: 10.3390/land12071433
- Yang, X; Zhang, X; Xue, T; Zhang, XX; Yang, F; Yu, J; Janssens, S; Bussmann, RW; Yu, SX. (2023):
- Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of Hydrangeeae (Hydrangeaceae) elucidate the effects of geologic and climatic dynamics on diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B
- Abbas Z, Bussmann RW, Khan SM, Abbasi AM. (2022):
- A review of current trends and future directions in the medical ethnobotany of Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Pakistan). Ethnobotany Research and Applications 24:18: doi: 10.32859/era.24.18.1-16
- Abdulrahman MD, Bradosty SW, Hamad SW, Ibrahim MT, Lema AA, Sunusi N, Usman M, Ashiru I, Ahmad NB, Wada N, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Traditional Methods for Treatment and Management of Measles in Northern Nigeria: Medicinal plants and their molecular docking. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 23:33: doi: 10.32859/era.23.33.1-18
- Adil S, Altaf M, Hussain T, Umair M, Ni J, Bussmann RW, Ashraf S. (2022):
- Cultural and Medicinal Use of Amphibians and Reptiles by Indigenous People in Punjab Pakistan with Comments on Conservation Implications for Herpetofauna. Animals 12:2062: doi: 10.3390/ani12162062
- Ali M, Yar P.,Khan S, Muhammad S, Hussain W, Hussain K., Hussain G, Aneva IY, Tng DYP, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Land use and land cover modification and its impact on biodiversity and the ecosystem services in District Kurram Pakistan. Boletín Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromáticas 21(3): doi: 10.37360/blacpma.22.21.3.22
- Amjad MS, Shakoor A, Bussmann RW, Qureshi H (2022):
- Quantitative and comparative analysis of ethnomedicinal plants from the Lasdana (Azad Jammu and Kashmir). BASE - Biotechnology Agronomy Society and Environment 26(2): 108-120
- Angmo K, Gailson L, Adhikari BS, Rawat GS, Bhat JA, Bussmann RW, Malik ZA. (2022):
- Prevailing traditional health care services in Western Ladakh Indian Trans-Himalaya. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 24:22: 10.32859/era.24.22.1-12
- Ascate-Pasos ME, Ganoza-Yupanqui ML, Suárez-Rebaza LA, León-Vargas FR, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Traditional use chemical constituents and pharmacological activity of Maytenus laevis Reissek. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 24:25: doi: 10.32859/era.24.25.1-19
- Bibi F, Abbas Z, Harun N, Perveeen B, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Indigenous knowledge and quantitative ethnobotany of the Tanawal area Lesser Western Himalayas Pakistan. PlosOne : doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263604
- Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Taxonomy - An irreplaceable tool for the validation of herbal medicine revisited. In: Mukherjee PK (ed.) Evidence-based validation of herbal medicine , Amsterdam, Elsevier: 149-183
- Dastagir G, Jan SA, Ul Uza N, Ahmad I, Samiullah Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Traditional knowledge and diversity of medicinal plants in Hindukush range Tehsil Mastuj Chitral Pakistan: An ethnobotany survey. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 24:29: doi: 10.32859/era.24.29.1-19
- Dutta A. Sharma YP Bikarma BS Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Plant-based veterinary practices in Jammu and Kashmir: A review of the trends transfer and conservation of traditional ethnoveterinary knowledge. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 24:4: doi: 10.32859/era.24.4.1-24
- Farooq S, Gulzar A, Haq SM, Hassan M, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Millennial traditions - Exploration of ethno-medicinal knowledge among different ethnic groups of Northern part Kashmir Himalaya India. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 23:20: doi: 10.32859/era.23.20.1-18
- Gavidia-Valencia JG, Llaure-Mora AM, Venegas-Casanova EA, Suárez-Rebaza LA, Rubio-López FR, Rodrigo-Villanueva M, Bussmann RW, Ganoza-Yupanqui ML. (2022):
- A review of the traditional uses phytochemical compounds and pharmacological activities of Vallesia glabra (Cav.) Link (Apocynaceae).. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 24:27: doi: 10.32859/era.24.9.1-7
- Halkuzieva MA, Khamraeva DT, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Biomorphological properties of Ferula tadschikorum Pimenov and Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel under plantation conditions. Plant Science Today : doi: 10.14719/pst.1863
- Haq SM, Amjad MS, Waheed M, Bussmann RW, Prócków J. (2022):
- The floristic quality assessment index as ecological health indicator for forest vegetation: A case study from Zabarwan Mountain Range Himalayas. Ecological Indicators 145:109670: doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109670
- Haq SM, Hassan M, Bussmann RW, Calixto ES, Ur Rahman I, Sakhi S, Ijaz F, Hashem A, Al-Arjani AF, Almutairi KF, Abd-Allah EF, Aziz AM, Ali N. (2022):
- Cross-Cultural Analysis of Plant Resources Among Five Ethnic Groups in the Western Himalayan Region of Jammu and Kashmir.. Biology 11:491: doi: 10.3390/biology11040491
- Haq SM, Li Q, Yaqoob U, Majeed M, Hassan M, Fatima S, Kumar M, Bussmann RW, Ul Moazzam MF, Tariq A, Aslam M (2022):
- Influence of edaphic properties in Determining Forest Community Patterns of Zabarwan Mountain Range of Kashmir Himalayas. Forests 13:1214: doi:10.3390/f13081214
- Haq SM, Rashid I, Soares Calixto E, Ali A, Kumar M, Srivastava G, Bussmann RW, Khuroo AA (2022):
- Unravelling patterns of forest carbon stock along a wide elevational gradient in the Himalaya: Implications for climate change mitigation. Forest Ecology and Management : doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120442
- Haq SM, Waheed M, Bussmann RW, Arshad F. (2022):
- Vegetation composition and ecological characteristics of the forest in the Shawilks Mountain Range from Western Himalayas. Acta Ecologica Sinica : doi: 10.1016/j.chnaes.2022.10.008
- Haq SM, Yaqoob U, Hamid S, Hassan M, Bashir F, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Localized impact of livestock settlements on vegetation patterns in fir forests of Kashmir Himalaya. Acta Ecologica Sinica : 10.1016/j.chnaes.2022.07.004
- Haq SM, Yaqoob U, Majeed M, Amjad MS, Hassan M, Ahmad R, Waheed M, Bussmann RW, Calizto ES, Próków J, de la Lastra JMP, Moralez-de-la-Nuez A. (2022):
- Quantitative ethnoveterinary study on plant resource utilization by indigenous communities in high-altitude regions. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 9:944046: doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.944046
- Hassan M, Abdullah A, Haq SM, Yaqoob U, Bussmann RW, Waheed M (2022):
- Cross-ethnic use of ethnoveterinary medicine in the Kashmir Himalaya - A Northwestern Himalayan region. Acta Ecologica Sinica : doi: 10.1016/j.chnaes.2022.07.010
- Hassan M, Haq SM, Ahmad R, Majeed M, Sahito HA, Shirani M, Mubeen I, Aziz MA, Pieroni A, Bussmann RW, Alataway A, Dewidar AZ, Al-Yafrisi M, Elansary HO, Yessoufou K. (2022):
- Traditional Use of wild and domestic fauna among different ethnic groups in the Western Himalayas - A Cross Cultural Analysis. Animals 12:2276: doi: 10.3390/ani12172276
- Hassan M, Haq SM, Majeed M, Umair M Sahito HA, Shirani M, Waheed M, Aziz R, Ahmad R, Bussmann RW, Alataway A, Dewidar AZ, El-Abedin TKZ, Al-Yafrsi M, Elansary HO, Yessoufou K. (2022):
- Traditional Food and Medicine: Ethno-Traditional Usage of Fish Fauna across the Valley of Kashmir: A Western Himalayan Region. Diversity 14(6):455: doi: 10.3390/d14060455
- Hosseini SH, Sadeghi Z, Hosseini SV, Bussmann RW (2022):
- Ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants in Sarvabad Kurdistan province Iran. Journal of Ethnopharmacology : doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2022.114985
- Hussain S, Hussain W, Nawaz A, Badshah L, Ali A, Ullah S, Ali M, Hussain H, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Quantitative ethnomedicinal study of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants used by the tribal communities of Central Kurram Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 23:5: doi: 10.32859/era.23.5.1-31
- Khalid N, Khan AM, Qureshi R, Saqib Z, Zahid N, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Exploration of important environmental determinants of flowering phenology of the Western Himalayan Forests of Dhirkot Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 20(1): doi: 10.15666/aeer/2001_301337
- Khamraeva DT, Bussmann RW, Abduraimov OS, Rakimova NK. (2022):
- Adaptive mechanisms of conservation populations of rare and endemic species Kamelinia tianschanica F.O. Khass & I.I. Malzev in Uzbekistan.. Pakistan Journal of Botany 53(3): doi: 10.30848/PJB2023-3(18)
- Khamraeva DT, Khojimatov OK, Bussmann RW, Khujanov AK, Kosimov ZZ. (2022):
- Prospects for the introduction of Ferula tadshikorum Pimentov in the conditions of the Tashkent region.. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 23:6: doi: 10.32859/era.23.6.1-9
- Khoja AA, Andrabi SAH, Mir RA, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Ethnobiological uses of plant species among the three ethnic communities in the administrative District (Kupwara) of Jammu and Kashmir-India: A cross-cultural analysis. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 24:20: doi: 10.32859/era.24.20.1-22
- Khoja AA, Haq SM, Majeed M, Hassan M, Waheed M, Yaqoob U, Bussmann RW, Alataway A, Dewidar AZ, Al-Yafrsi M, Elansary HO, Yessoufou K, Zaman W. (2022):
- Diversity Ecological and Traditional Knowledge of Pteridophytes in the Western Himalayas. Diversity 14:628: doi: 10.3390/d14080628
- Kunwar RM, Baral B, Luintel S, Uprety Y, Poudel RC, Adhikari B, Adhikari YA, Subedi SC, Subedi CK, Poudel P, Paudel HR, Paudel BV, Mahat Kunwar L, Upadhayaya LS, Bhattarai S, Pyakurel D, Kutal DH, Pandey P, Bhandari A, Thapa GJ, Paniagua NY, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Ethnomedicinal landscape: distribution of used medicinal plant species in Nepal. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 18:34: doi: 10.1186/s13002-022-00531-x
- Majeed M, Lu L, Haq SM, Waheed M, Sahito HA, Fatima S, Aziz R, Bussmann RW, Tariq A, Ullah I, Aslam M (2022):
- Spatio-temporal distribution patterns of Climbers along the Abiotic gradient in District Jhelum Punjab Pakistan. Forests 13:1244: doi:10.3390/f13081244
- Mir TA, Jan M, Bussmann RW, Bilal T. (2022):
- Inventory of medicinal herbs utilized for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders in district Kupwara of Jammu and Kashmir. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 24:30: doi: 10.32859/era.24.30.1-13
- Mir TA, Jan M, Jan HA, Bussmann RW, Sisto FA. (2022):
- Cross-cultural analysis of medicinal plant utilization among the four ethnic communities in Northern Regions of Jammu and Kashmir India. Biology 11:1578: doi: 10.3390/biology11111578
- Motahhari K, Pirani A, Moazzen H, Joharchi MR, Bussmann RW. (2022):
- Economic high-demand medicinal plants of herbal markets in Mashhad Iran. Economic Botany : doi: 10.1007/s12231-022-09557-4
- Nakhutsrishvili G, Batsatsashvili K, Bussmann RW, Ur Rahman I, Hart RE, Haq M. (2022):
- The subalpine and alpine vegetation of the Georgian Caucasus - a first ethnobotanical and phytosociological synopsis. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 23:12: doi: 10.32859/era.23.12.1-60a
- Nazli Begum HA, Hamayun M, Khan A, Yaseen T, Bussmann RW, Murad W. (2022):
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