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Economic Botany
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Plants in the Works of Cervantes

Authors: Pardo-De-Santayana, M; Tardío, J; Heinrich, M; Touwaide, A; Morales, R;

Plants in the Works of Cervantes

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[ES]Las Plantas en la Obra de Cervantes. El ingenioso hidalgo, Don Quijote de la Mancha es la obra más conocida de la literatura española, escrita por Miguel de Cervantes (1547– 1616). Se ha revisado esta obra de la literatura universal y el resto de las obras escritas por Cervantes para recopilar todas las plantas, comunidades y productos vegetales que aparecen en las mismas. Estos textos literarios han sido estudiados como fuente etnobotánica, ya que reflejan costumbres, ideas, creencias y tradiciones de la cultura de la España de hace 400 años. También incluyen numerosas reminiscencias de los textos clásicos de la literatura griega y latina. Las referencias se han sistematizado en tres categorías: plantas como elementos del paisaje, plantas útiles y plantas empleadas en expresiones simbólicas. Se han registrado un total de 150 especies, 102 en Don Quijote. Las especies más citadas son: Vitis vinifera, Phoenix dactylifera, Triticum aestivum, Laurus nobilis, Rosa spp., Olea europaea, Quercus ilex, y Arundo donax. El elevado número de citas y especies muestra la familiaridad, el conocimiento y relevancia cultural del mundo vegetal, tanto como elemento predominante del paisaje, como en lo referente a usos de plantas. Los textos refieren de un modo explícito o implícito el uso de numerosas plantas (comestibles, ornamentales, tecnológicas y medicinales). Muchas especies aparecen en sentido figurado por su significado simbólico, en refranes, frases hechas, metáforas, comparaciones y otras figuras literarias.

[EN]Economic Botany 60(2):159–181, 2006. El Ingenioso Hidalgo, Don Quijote de la Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), is the best-known work of Spanish literature. We searched this and the other works of Cervantes for references to plants, plant communities, and products. These texts capture the customs, thoughts, beliefs, and traditions of Spanish culture in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. They also repeat literary themes of ancient Greek and Roman literature. Plant citations were grouped in three categories: plants as part of the environment, useful plants, and plants in symbolic expressions. A total of 150 species were registered, 102 of which appear in Don Quijote. The taxa with the highest frequency of occurrence are Vitis vinifera, Phoenix dactylifera, Triticum aestivum, Laurus nobilis, Rosa spp., Olea europaea, Quercus ilex, and Arundo donax. The number of references to plants and the variety of species seem to attest to a sound and intimate knowledge of plants, their relevance as a landscape feature, and their utility. Many edible, ornamental, technological, and medicinal plants are referred to either explicitly or implicitly. Several species are mentioned in a figurative sense through references to their symbolic meaning, in proverbs, idiomatic expressions, metaphors, or by mentioning them in comparisons and literary figures of speech.

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580, literary texts, ethnobotany, Spain, Plant Sciences, Cervantes, history of plant uses

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