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Our PNAS paper is published! Local plant names reveal that enslaved Africans recognized substantial parts of the New World flora pnas.org/content/early/2014/11/25/1418836111.abstract More than 40% of the plant names used by Suriname Maroons, descendants of escaped slaves, shows strong resemblance in sound, structure, and meaning to African plant names for related taxa. Surinaamse pedreku (Xylopia discreta, midden) is genoemd naar de Afrikaanse Xylopia aethiopica (rechts), in Benin bekend als pechereku.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:09:00 +0000

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