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Rainer W. Bussmann

Rainer W. Bussmann

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Overview

Rainer W. Bussmann is affiliated with Ilia State University in Georgia and is an active researcher in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their main subfields of study include Plant Science, Food Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Forestry.

Their research predominantly covers topics such as Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities, Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications, and Natural Product Bioactivities and Synthesis.

Among recent publications credited to Bussmann is the paper Unity in diversity-food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus published in 2021 in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. This paper has received a significant number of citations.

Frequent coauthors in Bussmann's research collaborations include:

  • Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana
  • Zaal Kikvidze
  • Ketevan Batsatsashvili
  • Carolina Romero
  • Grace N. Njoroge

Bussmann's work has been published extensively in several venues with repeated contributions to journals such as:

  • Ethnobotany Research and Applications
  • Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
  • Biology
  • Plants
  • Acta Ecologica Sinica

The scientist has multiple book publications through various publishers, including Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature, and Apple Academic Press eBooks. Notable book titles include:

  • Ethnobotany of the Himalayas (2020, 2021)
  • Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa (2020, 2021)
  • Ethnobotany of the Andes (2020)
  • Ethnobotany of Northern Africa and Levant (2023)
  • Ethnobiology of Mountain Communities in Asia (2021)
  • Ethnobiology of Uzbekistan (2023)
  • Sustainable Forest Resources Management (2024)

This profile shows a career characterized by significant contributions to the understanding of ethnobotanical diversity, plant science, and the medicinal application of flora in various geographic and ecological contexts.

Best Publications

  • A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus

    Rainer W. Bussmann;Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana;Shalva Sikharulidze;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture

    Rainer W Bussmann;Douglas Sharon

  • Wine, Beer, Snuff, Medicine, and Loss of Diversity - Ethnobotanical travels in the Georgian Caucasus

    Rainer W Bussmann;Narel Y Paniagua Zambrana;Shalva Sikharulidze;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Ecological status and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary of Garhwal Himalaya, India

    Jahangeer A Bhat;Munesh Kumar;Rainer W Bussmann

  • Plant and fungal use in Tusheti, Khevsureti, and Pshavi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

    Rainer W. Bussmann;Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana;Shalva Sikharulidze;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Toxicity of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Northern Peru

    R.W. Bussmann;G. Malca;A. Glenn;D. Sharon

  • Health for sale: the medicinal plant markets in Trujillo and Chiclayo, Northern Peru

    Rainer W Bussmann;Douglas Sharon;Ina Vandebroek;Ana Jones

  • Maxent modeling for predicting impacts of climate change on the potential distribution of Thuja sutchuenensis Franch., an extremely endangered conifer from southwestern China

    Aili Qin;Bo Liu;Bo Liu;Quanshui Guo;Rainer W. Bussmann

  • Indigenous Use and Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants in Far-West Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar;Y. Uprety;C. Burlakoti;C. L. Chowdhary

  • Traditional medicinal plant use in Loja province, Southern Ecuador.

    Rainer W Bussmann;Douglas Sharon

  • Herbal mixtures in traditional medicine in Northern Peru

    Rainer W Bussmann;Ashley Glenn;Karen Meyer;Alyse Kuhlman

  • Ethnobotany of the Samburu of Mt. Nyiru, South Turkana, Kenya

    Rainer W Bussmann

  • Ethnomedicinal plants traditionally used in health care practices by inhabitants of Western Himalaya.

    Zubair A. Malik;Jahangeer A. Bhat;Radha Ballabha;Rainer W. Bussmann

  • Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Luke P. Shoo;Sebastian K. Herzog

  • Plants in the spa – the medicinal plant market of Borjomi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

    Rainer W Bussmann;Zambrana Paniagua;Y Narel;Shalva Sikharulidze

  • Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya

    Rainer W Bussmann;Genevieve G Gilbreath;John Solio;Manja Lutura

  • Changing markets - Medicinal plants in the markets of La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia.

    Rainer W. Bussmann;Rainer W. Bussmann;Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana;Laura Araseli Moya Huanca;Robbie Hart

  • Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale region, Ethiopia

    Rainer W Bussmann;Paul Swartzinsky;Aserat Worede;Paul Evangelista

  • Altitudinal variation in soil organic carbon stock in coniferous subtropical and broadleaf temperate forests in Garhwal Himalaya

    Mehraj A Sheikh;Munesh Kumar;Rainer W Bussmann

  • Medicinal plants used in Northern Peru for reproductive problems and female health

    Rainer W Bussmann;Ashley Glenn

  • Astonishing diversity-the medicinal plant markets of Bogotá, Colombia.

    Rainer W. Bussmann;Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana;Carolina Romero;Robbie E. Hart

  • Indigenous uses of ethnomedicinal plants among forest-dependent communities of Northern Bengal, India

    Antony Joseph Raj;Saroj Biswakarma;Nazir A. Pala;Gopal Shukla

  • Medicinal Plants of the Andes and the Amazon: The Magic and Medicinal Flora of Northern Peru

    Rainer W Bussmann;Douglas Sharon

  • Ethnobotany in the Nepal Himalaya

    Ripu M Kunwar;Rainer W Bussmann

  • Diversity and utilization of antimalarial ethnophytotherapeutic remedies among the Kikuyus (Central Kenya).

    Grace N Njoroge;Rainer W Bussmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Zaal Kikvidze
Zaal Kikvidze Ilia State University
Manuel J. Macía
Manuel J. Macía Autonomous University of Madrid
Chunlin Long
Chunlin Long Minzu University of China
Shujaul Mulk Khan
Shujaul Mulk Khan Quaid-i-Azam University
Erwin Beck
Erwin Beck University of Bayreuth
Hugo J. de Boer
Hugo J. de Boer University of Oslo
Athanassios Giannis
Athanassios Giannis Leipzig University
Victoria Reyes-García
Victoria Reyes-García Autonomous University of Barcelona
Said Muhammad
Said Muhammad University of Peshawar
Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah
Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah King Saud University

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