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Botanically, ethnobotanically, and linguistically, the Beyer-Merrill report is a rich source of well documented and, for the time it was written, unusually precise observations. By rearrangement and alternative expression of these data, I have attempted various types of interpretive analysis with a view to improving both our knowledge of Ifugao folk botany and our understanding of general ethnobotanical field problems.
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Except for minor differences and the absence of photographic illustrations, this article, written in 1965, appeared originally inStudies in Philippine Anthropology;In Honor of H. Otley Beyer, edited by Mario D. Zamora (pp. 204-262), Alemar-Phoenix, Quezon City, 1967
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Conklin, I.C. Ifugao ethnobotany 1905–4965: The 1911 Beyer-Merrill report in perspective. Econ Bot 21, 243–272 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860375
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