Contact with natural areas influences Brazilian high school students’ ability to recognize native plant species

IF 0.9 4区生物学 Q4 PLANT SCIENCES

Acta Botanica Brasilica Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1590/1677-941x-abb-2021-0249

Patrícia da Silva Sousa, Maria Jaislanny Lacerda e Medeiros, Letícia Sousa dos Santos Ferreira, Clarissa Gomes Reis Lopes

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Abstract

Limited experiential contact to natural environment can affect the knowledge of the local flora and, consequently, the intentions to conserve it. Therefore, this study aims to analyze whether high school students from Teresina (PI-Brazil) can identify more species of native than exotic plants and the factors that can affect this ability. 333 students from state public schools were interviewed through semi-structured questionnaires and with printed images of 20 species of plants found in the region. The data were analyzed using univariate non-parametric statistics. The results show that living in the countryside positively influenced the identification of local flora, but there was no significant difference in the number of identified plants between students who attended botany classes and those who did not. Two native plants (cashew-96.7% and pitomba-91.9%) and three exotic plants (mango-90.7%, guava-94.9% and acerola-82.0%) stood out among the most identified plant species. It was also found that, for two species of native plants very important for the State of Piauí, the caneleiro (0.6%) and the carnauba (26.7%), the identification rates were scarce. Thus, it is necessary to use Environmental Education and the teaching of Botany to prioritize native plant species, valuing local ecology and ensuring their protection.

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与自然区域的接触影响了巴西高中生识别本地植物物种的能力

与自然环境有限的经验接触会影响对当地植物群的认识，从而影响保护它们的意图。因此，本研究旨在分析来自Teresina (PI-Brazil)的高中生是否能够识别更多的本地植物种类，以及影响这种能力的因素。来自公立学校的333名学生接受了半结构化的问卷调查，并获得了该地区发现的20种植物的图片。数据分析采用单变量非参数统计。结果表明，生活在农村对当地植物的识别有积极的影响，但在识别植物的数量上，上过植物学课的学生与没有上过植物学课的学生没有显著差异。2种本地植物(腰果96.7%、皮桐91.9%)和3种外来植物(芒果90.7%、番石榴94.9%、针叶树82.0%)的鉴定率最高。此外，对于Piauí国家重要的原生植物caneleiro(0.6%)和carnauba(26.7%)，鉴定率很低。因此，有必要利用环境教育和植物学教学来优先考虑本地植物物种，重视当地生态并确保其保护。

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Acta Botanica Brasilica PLANT SCIENCES-

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2.30

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6-12 weeks

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