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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-1132</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ciencias forestales]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. de cienc. forestales]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-1132</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-11322024000300168</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29298/rmcf.v15i83.1415</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Usos de Juniperus gracilior var. gracilior Pilg. en comunidades rurales de la Cordillera Central en República Dominicana]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Uses of Juniperus gracilior var. gracilior Pilg. in rural communities of the Central Mountain Range in the Dominican Republic]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Delgado Aybar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Aridio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bobadilla Peñaló]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elí Misael]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez De Francisco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Salomé Ureña  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad ISA Herbario Erik Leonard Ekman ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo Área de Ciencias Básicas y Ambientales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>83</numero>
<fpage>168</fpage>
<lpage>180</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-11322024000300168&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-11322024000300168&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-11322024000300168&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las especies del género Juniperus han sido ampliamente utilizadas por los seres humanos como fuente de fitoquímicos, en medicina tradicional y para su aprovechamiento maderable; sin embargo, poco se conoce hasta ahora de los usos etnobotánicos de las especies caribeñas y en particular de los taxones distribuidos en La Española, actualmente clasificados bajo diferentes categorías de amenaza. Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo reconstruir el espectro de las aplicaciones etnobotánicas dadas a Juniperus gracilior var. gracilior por moradores de 14 comunidades rurales en la vertiente sur de la Cordillera Central de República Dominicana. Estos asentamientos humanos se ubican próximos a cinco relictos poblacionales de Juniperus gracilior var. gracilior, en los que se localiza en condiciones naturales aproximadamente 80 % de los individuos del taxón. Mediante exploraciones de campo, visita y entrevistas estructuradas se recopiló información que indica que 74.1 % de sus usos corresponden a propósitos maderables, 25 % a medicina tradicional con importante eficiencia en el tratamiento de enfermedades respiratorias, digestivas y del ciclo menstrual, el resto (0.9 %) se utilizan con fines ornamentales y artesanales. Los datos obtenidos en este estudio proveen una base de conocimiento esencial para el desarrollo de estrategias de conservación, gestión y aprovechamiento sostenible de la especie.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The species of the genus Juniperus have been widely used by humans as a source of phytochemicals, in traditional medicine and for timber harvesting; however, little has been known so far about the ethnobotanical uses of Caribbean species and in particular the taxa of Hispaniola, currently classified under different threat categories. This work aimed to reconstruct the spectrum of ethnobotanical uses given to Juniperus gracilior var. gracilior by the inhabitants of 14 rural communities on the southern slope of the Central Mountain Range. These human settlements are located near five population relicts of the gracilior variety where approximately 80 % of the individuals of the taxon are found in natural conditions. Through field explorations, visits and structured interviews with local people, information was collected that indicates that 74.1 % of the variety is used for timber for different applications, 25 % for traditional medicine with important efficiency in the treatment of respiratory, digestive and menstrual cycle diseases, and 0.9 % for ornamental and handicraft uses. The data obtained in this study provide basic knowledge for the development of conservation strategies, management, and sustainable utilization of the species.]]></p></abstract>
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