Why do people use exotic plants in their local medical systems? A systematic review based on Brazilian local communities

• Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: patricia.medeiros@ceca.ufal.br

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biocultural Ecology, Conservation and Evolution (LECEB). Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Alagoas, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3835-5232

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• Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Universidade de Pernambuco, Campus Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Marcelo Alves Ramos,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Universidade de Pernambuco, Campus Mata Norte, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Taline Cristina da Silva,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Universidade Estadual de Alagoas, Campus Santana do Ipanema, Alagoas, Brazil

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• Ana Haydée Ladio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratorio Ecotono, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente (INIBIOMA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

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• Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Social-ecological Systems (LEA). Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Biociências. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

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