Richard Evans Schultes (1915-2001), the father of ethnobotany, is regarded as one of the most important plant explorers of the 20th century. Schultes made numerous explorations, new species discoveries and was one of the first academics to alert the world about the destruction of the Amazon rain forest as well as the disappearance of its indigenous people—many of who he lived and studied their plant usage. — Read the rest
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