1. Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission of China, Beijing 100081, China; 2. College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China; 3. Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100081, China; 4. Lushan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lushan 332900, Jiangxi, China; 5. Xianggelila Bureau of Forestry and Grassland, Xianggelila 674499, Yunnan, China; 6. Institute of National Security Studies, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China
Abstract：Folk taxonomy is a dialect naming system based on local culture. It refers to the method and pro-cess of categorizing organisms that exist in the folk in addition to scientific taxonomy. Many studies have proven that folk taxonomy is very similar to scientific taxonomy, and it plays an indispensable role in the in-vestigation and documentation of biodiversity, conservation of biocultural diversity, and sustainable use of bioresources. With the increasing cultural homogeneity and biodiversity loss, much precious traditional know-ledge associated with folk taxonomy has been lost before it is recorded and revealed. Thus, it is urgent to save traditional folk taxonomic knowledge. Herein, the concept, main research contents and progress of folk taxonomy were reviewed, and the existing problems in folk taxonomy were prospected, hoping to provide help in fully understanding folk taxonomy and in doing related research.
程 卓, 路晓平, 胡 娴, 范彦晓, 罗斌圣, 毛文慧, 龙春林. 民间生物分类的研究进展[J]. 生命科学研究, 2023, 27(1): 70-79.
CHENG Zhuo, LU Xiaoping, HU Xian, FAN Yanxiao, LUO Binsheng, MAO Wenhui, LONG Chunlin. Research Progress of Folk Taxonomy. Life Science Research, 2023, 27(1): 70-79.
