title: Ethnobotany, Phylogeny, and 'Omics' for Human Health and Food Security.
abstract: Here, we propose a new term, 'ethnobotanical convergence', to refer to the similar uses for plants included in the same node of a phylogeny. This phylogenetic approach, together with the 'omics' revolution, shows how combining modern technologies with traditional ethnobotanical knowledge could be used to identify potential new applications of plants.
authors.affiliation: Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), Passeig del Migdia s.n., Parc de Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Garnatje
authors.affiliation: CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peñuelas
authors.affiliation: Laboratori de Botànica (UB), Unitat associada al CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s.n., 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: joanvalles@ub.edu.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vallès
mesh_terms: D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D019448:Ethnobotany / Q000379:methods*; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny