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Richard Evans Schultes, often referred to as the "father of ethnobotany", provided an early definition of the discipline:Since Schultes' time, ethnobotany has evolved from primarily documenting traditional plant knowledge to applying this information in modern contexts, particularly in pharmaceutical development. Recent research has also used large historical pharmacopeias as sources for drug discovery. A 2026 study analyzed more than 41,000 traditional Chinese

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