Echinacea (eBook)

Kelly Kindscher, PhD, is a senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey and a Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Kansas. His research specialties are plant community ecology, conservation biology, restoration ecology, botany, and ethnobotany. He is known as a passionate speaker for the wild—wild prairies, wild plants, and wild landscapes.

TABLE of CONTENTS;Echinacea: Herbal Medicine with a Wild HistoryTitle PageDedicationTable of ContentsForward by Steven FosterPreface by Kelly KindscherAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction by Kelly Kindscher                                                                                                                              I.  Cultural useChapter 2 Uses of Echinacea angustifolia and other Echinacea species by Native Americans of the Great Plains by Kelly Kindscher                                                  Chapter 3 Cultivation of Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea purpurea by Maggie Riggs and Kelly Kindscher               II.  Botany Chapter 4 Naming and classification of Echinacea species – by Kelly Kindscher and Rebecca Wittenberg                                  Chapter 5 Biology and ecology of echinacea by Kelly Kindscher                                                                       Chapter 6 A species-by-species overview by Kelly Kindscher                                                                                III.  Wild populations Chapter 7 One hundred twenty years of Echinacea angustifolia harvest in the Smoky Hills of Kansas            by Dana Price and Kelly Kindscher                                                                                                Chapter 8 Threats to wild echinacea populations by Kelly Kindscher                                                                           IV.  The medicine and the market Chapter 9 The Medicinal Chemistry of Echinacea species by Congmei Cao and Kelly Kindscher                           Chapter 10 Research on Echinacea species use in western medicine by Jeanne Drisko and Kelly Kindscher             Chapter 11 The Echinacea market – by Maggie Riggs and Kelly Kindscher                                                              Chapter 12 The Media and echinacea Sales and Use by Rachel Craft and Kelly Kindscher                                       V.  Conservation Chapter 13 Legal protection of Echinacea and other medicinal plant species by Robyn Klein and Kelly Kindscher     Chapter 14 Recommendations regarding the conservation status of echinacea by Kelly Kindscher                         Chapter 15 Appendix A: Science in Action: a model for monitoring Echinacea populations by Kelly Kindscher and Dana Price    Vignettes (to be inserted by chapter, see Kindscher-Vignettes Table of Contents)Index