Abstract
Ethnobotany,
a discipline located at the intersection between natural science and
social science, is sometimes misunderstood by researchers from one or
other of these fields. In this article we discuss the positive and
negative aspects of interdisciplinarity regarding this subject, and we
argue for its status as a true science from different points of view.
Our conclusion is that ethnobotanical research – like all
ethnobiological research in general – undoubtedly exists within the
scientific field and is successfully established, active and productive.
In addition, ethnobotany is a citizen science: the participation of the
population is essential for research, which must be communicated to
academia and to the general citizen
