The Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (HNB, 1648) is the most complete treatise on Brazilian flora and fauna created in the seventeenth century. Scientists Marcgrave and Piso depicted hundreds of plants and described uses, vernacular names, and diseases in Dutch Brazil. We aimed to verify whether these plants are still used similarly, using herbarium vouchers and taxonomic literature to identify the species described in the HNB and reviewing historical and modern ethnobotanical literature to analyze whether the HNB documented specific plants and uses for the northeast region. We highlighted Old World species, as they indicate plant introduction before and during the trans-Atlantic slave trade and exchange of African ethnobotanical knowledge. Of the 378 species found in the HNB, 256 (68%) were useful, mostly used for healing and food in a similar way (80%) both in the seventeenth century and in modern Brazil. Only one species ( Swartzia pickelii ) is endemic to northeast Brazil, while the others are more widely distributed. The HNB includes one of the first reports on African crops in Brazil, such as sesame, okra, and spider plant. This study brings insights on indigenous and African plant knowledge retentions since the creation of the HNB and acknowledges its non-European contributors.

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巴西利亚自然史 中的植物知识 （1648年）：巴西十七世纪植物使用的保留

在 自然史Brasiliae （HNB，1648）是十七世纪创造的关于巴西动植物的最完整的论着。马克·格雷夫（Marcgrave）和皮索（Piso）描绘了数百种植物，并描述了荷属巴西的用途，乡土名称和疾病。我们旨在通过使用植物标本室凭证和分类学文献来识别HNB中描述的物种，并回顾历史和现代民族植物学文献以分析HNB是否记录了东北地区的特定植物和用途，从而验证这些植物是否仍在相似地使用。我们重点介绍了旧世界物种，因为它们表明在跨大西洋奴隶贸易和非洲民族植物学知识交换之前和期间引入植物。在HNB中发现的378种中，有256种（68％）是有用的，在17世纪和现代巴西，大多以类似的方式（80％）用于治疗和饮食。只有一种 Swartzia pickelii（Swartzia pickelii ）是巴西东北部的特有种，而其他则分布更广。HNB包括有关巴西的非洲农作物（如芝麻，秋葵和蜘蛛植物）的第一批报告之一。自HNB成立以来，这项研究带来了有关保留土著和非洲植物知识的见解，并承认其非欧洲贡献者。