Julio Alberto Hurrell

Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in a Market of Bolivian Immigrants in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

This paper presents the results of a research in urban ethnobotany, conducted in a market of Bolivian immigrants in the neighborhood of Liniers, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Functional foods and nutraceuticals belonging to 50 species of 18 families, its products, and uses were recorded. Some products are exclusive from the Bolivian community; others are frequent within the community, but they are also available in the general commercial circuit; they are introduced into it, generally, through shops called dietéticas (“health-food stores”), where products associated with the maintenance of health are sold. On this basis, the traditional and nontraditional components of the urban botanical knowledge were evaluated as well as its dynamics in relation to the diffusion of the products. Both the framework and methodological design are innovative for the studies of the urban botanical knowledge and the traditional markets in metropolitan areas.

Wisteria sinensis (Leguminosae) adventitious in Argentina: First record and expansion mechanisms

Wisteria sinensis (Leguminosae) adventitious in Argentina. First record and expansion mechanisms. This paper includes the first record of Wisteria sinensis (Leguminosae) adventitious in Argentina, observations on its mechanisms of expansion and its status in the context of the naturalization process.

Bignoniaceae adventicias en la Argentina: primera cita de Podranea ricasoliana y nuevos registros de Campsis radicans

Bignoniaceae adventitious in Argentina. First reference to Podranea ricasoliana, and new records of Campsis radicans. This paper includes the first reference to Podranea ricasoliana and new records of Campsis radicans (Bignoniaceae) for the adventitious Argentinean Flora. Also includes observations on the expansion mechanisms and the status into the naturalization process for P. ricasoliana, besides a key to differentiate the adventitious Bignoniaceae in Argentina.

Local Botanical Knowledge and Agrobiodiversity: Homegardens at Rural and Periurban Contexts in Argentina

Homegardens are defined as those cultivated spaces, generally of reduced extension, located in the surroundings of the house. Garden produce is mainly consumed at home, or given away to related families, but exceptionally devoted to commercialization as a supplementary resource of domestic economy (Buet et al., 2010; Pochettino, 2010, Wagner, 2002). Homegardens study constitutes a subject of increasing interest in Ethnobotany, as this approach contributes to both agrobiodiversity conservation (in particular to the infraspecific level) and to the preservation of cultural diversity: management strategies as well as species and varieties selection are not market-oriented, but they are regulated by preferences and culinary uses, linked with family traditions. So, these homegardens could be considered as real adaptative responses of local human groups arising from their own experience in the environment. This subject has been approached by diverse authors all over the world (Albuquerque et al., 2005; Blanckaert et al., 2004; Das & Das, 2005; Lamont et al., 1999; Nazarea, 1998; Vogl et al., 2002; Vogl et al., 2004; Vogl-Lukasser et al., 2002; Wagner, 2002; Watson & Eyzaguirre, 2002) even in Argentina, many of them developed by the research team of Laboratorio de Etnobotanica y Botanica Aplicada (LEBA), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina (Buet et al., 2010; Del Rio et al., 2007; Lema, 2006; Maidana et al., 2005; Martinez et al., 2003; Perez et al., 2008; Pochettino et al., 2006; Pochettino, 2010; Turco et al., 2006).

Primera cita de Parthenocissus tricuspidata y nuevo registro de P. quinquefolia (Vitaceae) adventicias en la Argentina

First reference of Parthenocissus tricuspidata and new record of P. quinquefolia (Vitaceae) adventitious in Argentina. This paper includes two adventitious species of the genus Parthenocissus Planch. in Argentina: P. tricuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. and P. quinquefolia (L.) Planch., both introduced as ornamentals. Descriptions, synonymy, iconography, distribution, common names, uses, keys and reference material are given. Also contains observations about its climb strategies, its expansion mechanisms, and its actual status in the context of naturalization process.

Nuevas citas de monocotiledóneas adventicias para la Argentina

New records of adventitious monocots for Argentina. This paper includes five new records of adventitious monocots for Argentina: Aloe ciliaris Haw. (Asphodelaceae), Aspidistra elatior Blume (Convallariaceae), Sansevieria trifasciata Prain (Dracaenaceae), Phormium tenax J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. (Hemerocallidaceae) and Ornithogalum arabicum L. (Hyacinthaceae), belonging to order Asparagales. Also includes an evaluation of its status in the naturalization process: casual alien, naturalized.

Agapanthaceae, Anthericaceae y Hyacinthaceae (Monocotyledoneae-Asparagales) adventicias en la Argentina

Agapanthaceae, Anthericaceae and Hyacinthaceae adventitious in Argentina. This paper includes updated observations of the previously cited: Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (Agapanthaceae), and 3 new adventitious species for Argentina: Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques (Anthericaceae), Hyacinthus orientalis L. and Hyacinthoides hispanica (Mill.) Rothm. (Hyacinthaceae).