W Milliken
Biographic Data
| ID | 57463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Milliken |
| GIVEN NAMES | W |
| FAMILY NAME | Milliken |
| SIGNATURE | MILLIKEN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3926-6661 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring the legal, policy, ethical and practical implications of digitisation of botanical and fungal collections
Societal Impact Statement Dried plant and fungal specimens held in collections provide a unique asset to understand the natural world and inform conservation approaches. By creating freely available, digital images of these collections, these specimens can be used by more scientists from around the globe to ask research questions and apply new technologies. We consider the relevant laws, policies and agreements, which are required to ensure this …
Useful hedgerow plants in Surrey
Background: Hedgerows are a valuable feature of the British countryside and the produce from them has been used by humans for centuries. Useful hedgerow plants (UHP) are still used for food, fuel, craft and medicine, and since the Covid 19 pandemic, interest in foraging and wild edible plants (WEP) has grown, yet there is a lack of research about the cultural relationship between people and hedges. This study looked at what the Surrey public know…
Ethnoveterinary data in Britain and Ireland
Background: The use of plants, and occasionally fungi, to treat and cure animals or to supplement their feeding for livestock was widespread, globally. In some parts of the world this remains a key practice, but there is increasing use of veterinary pharmaceuticals which can have a negative effect on the wider environment. Meanwhile, traditional knowledge is being lost at a great rate, before it has been properly recorded and analyzed. Objective:…
Amazonian Forest Peoples' Perceptions of Malaria on the Upper Rio Negro, Brazil, are Shaped by Both Local and Scientific Knowledge
Malaria is endemic in Brazilian Amazonia, accounting for 99% of national cases. Amazonian forest peoples (both Indigenous and traditional) understand and treat the disease based on their knowledge, rituals, and religion. In recent decades, biomedical health coverage has expanded in the region, with implications for local perceptions and practices to prevent, treat, and recover from malaria. This paper attempts to understand how the expansion of b…
Traditional Medicines Amongst Indigenous Groups in Roraima, Brazil
Surveys of medicinal plants and fungi among five indigenous groups in Roraima, Brazil, were identified in the 1990s but not published. Most of the 52 species reported here were unknown in the literature for the same medicinal purpose when the data were collected, but 25 years later this has changed. Some of the ‘repeated’ data were collected in Roraima, but most were recorded elsewhere. It is likely that some of the traditional knowledge will hav…
Plants used traditionally as antimalarials in Latin America
Analysis of ethnobotanical use reports in a phylogenetic framework reveals the existence of hot nodes for malaria across the Latin American flora. We demonstrate how species and genera currently lacking such reports could be pinpointed as of potential interest based on their evolutionary history. Extending this approach to other regions of the world and other diseases could accelerate the discovery of novel medicines and enhance healthcare in are…
Natural Plant Resources for Sustainable Development
In rural African communities, wild plant species are a valuable resource that are often threatened by agricultural conversion and overexploitation. To understand the harvest and sale of wild plant species that provide fruits and raw materials for artisanal products, this study used ethnobotanical and socio-economic methods to engage communities in the Chimanimani Trans-Frontier Conservation Area, Mozambique. Use was dependent on local availabilit…
The Role of Exotic Species in Traditional Pharmacopeias of the Cerrado
Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition
Past human influences on Amazonian forest The marks of prehistoric human societies on tropical forests can still be detected today. Levis et al. performed a basin-wide comparison of plant distributions, archaeological sites, and environmental data. Plants domesticated by pre-Columbian peoples are much more likely to be dominant in Amazonian forests than other species. Furthermore, forests close to archaeological sites often have a higher abundanc…
Useful Brazilian plants listed in the manuscripts and publications of the Scottish medic and naturalist George Gardner (1812–1849)
An ethnobotanical study of anti-malarial plants among indigenous people on the upper Negro River in the Brazilian Amazon
The use of medicinal plants by the Yanomami Indians of Brazil, Part II
Traditional anti-malarial medicine in Roraima, Brazil
The use of medicinal plants by the Yanomami Indians of Brazil
The use of medicinal plants by the Yanomami Indians of Brazil
The use of medicinal plants by the Yanomami Indians of Brazil, Part II
Traditional anti-malarial medicine in Roraima, Brazil
Useful Brazilian plants listed in the manuscripts and publications of the Scottish medic and naturalist George Gardner (1812–1849)
An ethnobotanical study of anti-malarial plants among indigenous people on the upper Negro River in the Brazilian Amazon
Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition
Past human influences on Amazonian forest The marks of prehistoric human societies on tropical forests can still be detected today. Levis et al. performed a basin-wide comparison of plant distributions, archaeological sites, and environmental data. Plants domesticated by pre-Columbian peoples are much more likely to be dominant in Amazonian forests than other species. Furthermore, forests close to archaeological sites often have a higher abundanc…
The Role of Exotic Species in Traditional Pharmacopeias of the Cerrado
Natural Plant Resources for Sustainable Development
In rural African communities, wild plant species are a valuable resource that are often threatened by agricultural conversion and overexploitation. To understand the harvest and sale of wild plant species that provide fruits and raw materials for artisanal products, this study used ethnobotanical and socio-economic methods to engage communities in the Chimanimani Trans-Frontier Conservation Area, Mozambique. Use was dependent on local availabilit…
Traditional Medicines Amongst Indigenous Groups in Roraima, Brazil
Surveys of medicinal plants and fungi among five indigenous groups in Roraima, Brazil, were identified in the 1990s but not published. Most of the 52 species reported here were unknown in the literature for the same medicinal purpose when the data were collected, but 25 years later this has changed. Some of the ‘repeated’ data were collected in Roraima, but most were recorded elsewhere. It is likely that some of the traditional knowledge will hav…
Plants used traditionally as antimalarials in Latin America
Analysis of ethnobotanical use reports in a phylogenetic framework reveals the existence of hot nodes for malaria across the Latin American flora. We demonstrate how species and genera currently lacking such reports could be pinpointed as of potential interest based on their evolutionary history. Extending this approach to other regions of the world and other diseases could accelerate the discovery of novel medicines and enhance healthcare in are…
Amazonian Forest Peoples' Perceptions of Malaria on the Upper Rio Negro, Brazil, are Shaped by Both Local and Scientific Knowledge
Malaria is endemic in Brazilian Amazonia, accounting for 99% of national cases. Amazonian forest peoples (both Indigenous and traditional) understand and treat the disease based on their knowledge, rituals, and religion. In recent decades, biomedical health coverage has expanded in the region, with implications for local perceptions and practices to prevent, treat, and recover from malaria. This paper attempts to understand how the expansion of b…
Ethnoveterinary data in Britain and Ireland
Background: The use of plants, and occasionally fungi, to treat and cure animals or to supplement their feeding for livestock was widespread, globally. In some parts of the world this remains a key practice, but there is increasing use of veterinary pharmaceuticals which can have a negative effect on the wider environment. Meanwhile, traditional knowledge is being lost at a great rate, before it has been properly recorded and analyzed. Objective:…
Exploring the legal, policy, ethical and practical implications of digitisation of botanical and fungal collections
Societal Impact Statement Dried plant and fungal specimens held in collections provide a unique asset to understand the natural world and inform conservation approaches. By creating freely available, digital images of these collections, these specimens can be used by more scientists from around the globe to ask research questions and apply new technologies. We consider the relevant laws, policies and agreements, which are required to ensure this …
Useful hedgerow plants in Surrey
Background: Hedgerows are a valuable feature of the British countryside and the produce from them has been used by humans for centuries. Useful hedgerow plants (UHP) are still used for food, fuel, craft and medicine, and since the Covid 19 pandemic, interest in foraging and wild edible plants (WEP) has grown, yet there is a lack of research about the cultural relationship between people and hedges. This study looked at what the Surrey public know…
Biology (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Traditional medicine (9 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Medicinal plants (7 works) · Amazon rainforest (6 works) · Ethnobotany (6 works) · Indigenous (5 works)