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| Folk legend and ethnic usage of plants, often as ] research, is presented and developed for an unknown species, in the hope of allowing those species to be collected or adequately identified. Any researcher or writer can identify himself or herself as a cryptobotanist with varying degrees of skepticism as a ].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://web.ncf.ca/bz050/criticalcz.html | title = Taking a Hard Look at Cryptozoology: A Critical Approach to Cryptozoology | accessdate = 2007-07-03 | author = Roesch, Ben S. | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = 1999 | work = Author's On-Line Cryptozoology Archives| publisher = | quote = Thus the argument goes: in order to ensure accuracy in cryptozoology, research on sasquatch should be done by a primatologist or physical anthropologist, and research on sea serpents should be done by a marine biologist, preferably one who has good knowledge of both invertebrate and vertebrate marine organisms. }}</ref> | Folk legend and ethnic usage of plants, often as ] research, is presented and developed for an unknown species, in the hope of allowing those species to be collected or adequately identified. Any researcher or writer can identify himself or herself as a cryptobotanist with varying degrees of skepticism as a ].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://web.ncf.ca/bz050/criticalcz.html | title = Taking a Hard Look at Cryptozoology: A Critical Approach to Cryptozoology | accessdate = 2007-07-03 | author = Roesch, Ben S. | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = 1999 | work = Author's On-Line Cryptozoology Archives| publisher = | quote = Thus the argument goes: in order to ensure accuracy in cryptozoology, research on sasquatch should be done by a primatologist or physical anthropologist, and research on sea serpents should be done by a marine biologist, preferably one who has good knowledge of both invertebrate and vertebrate marine organisms. }}</ref> | ||
| Many plants remain undiscovered or are yet to be classified, however cryptobotany usually focuses on fantastical plants believed to have harmful or therapeutic interactions with people. Sources of data may be secondary or scant; reports may be plausible or outlandish. |
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| ], most frequently inhabiting the jungles of Africa in popular fiction, may have been based{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} on initial reports of plants that could trap and kill mammals, such as '']''.<ref>Phillipps, A. 1988. {{PDFlink||203 ]<!-- application/pdf, 208177 bytes -->}} '']'' '''17'''(2): 55.</ref> However, there are unconfirmed reports, primarily from Latin America, that allege the existence of still-undiscovered species of large carnivorous plants, according to British cryptozoologist ]'s 2003 book ''The Beasts That Hide From Man''.<ref name="shuker">{{cite book | ], most frequently inhabiting the jungles of Africa in popular fiction, may have been based{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} on initial reports of plants that could trap and kill mammals, such as '']''.<ref>Phillipps, A. 1988. {{PDFlink||203 ]<!-- application/pdf, 208177 bytes -->}} '']'' '''17'''(2): 55.</ref> However, there are unconfirmed reports, primarily from Latin America, that allege the existence of still-undiscovered species of large carnivorous plants, according to British cryptozoologist ]'s 2003 book ''The Beasts That Hide From Man''.<ref name="shuker">{{cite book | ||
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Cryptobotany is the study of various exotic plants which are not believed to exist by the scientific community, but which exist in myth, literature or unsubstantiated reports. Folk legend and ethnic usage of plants, often as interdisciplinary research, is presented and developed for an unknown species, in the hope of allowing those species to be collected or adequately identified. Any researcher or writer can identify himself or herself as a cryptobotanist with varying degrees of skepticism as a protoscience.
Many plants remain undiscovered or are yet to be classified, however cryptobotany usually focuses on fantastical plants believed to have harmful or therapeutic interactions with people. Sources of data may be secondary or scant; reports may be plausible or outlandish.
Man eating plants, most frequently inhabiting the jungles of Africa in popular fiction, may have been based on initial reports of plants that could trap and kill mammals, such as Nepenthes rajah. However, there are unconfirmed reports, primarily from Latin America, that allege the existence of still-undiscovered species of large carnivorous plants, according to British cryptozoologist Karl Shuker's 2003 book The Beasts That Hide From Man.
Examples of plants
See also
Notes
- Roesch, Ben S. (1999). "Taking a Hard Look at Cryptozoology: A Critical Approach to Cryptozoology". Author's On-Line Cryptozoology Archives. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
Thus the argument goes: in order to ensure accuracy in cryptozoology, research on sasquatch should be done by a primatologist or physical anthropologist, and research on sea serpents should be done by a marine biologist, preferably one who has good knowledge of both invertebrate and vertebrate marine organisms.
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- Shuker, Karl P N (2003). The Beasts That Hide From Man. Paraview. ISBN 1-931044-64-3.
Bibliography
- Terence McKenna, 1992 - Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge - A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution (Bantam) ISBN 0-553-37130-4
