Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians, Beni, Bolivia. Adv Econ Bot (4) BIGC ARCHIVE "Brown-Eyed Susan" ~Rudbeckia triloba~

"Brown-Eyed Susan" ~Rudbeckia triloba~

Mario Vazquez Torres

largely from Quercus humboldtii forests

Sixty species in the genera Hypocreopsis

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) conservation assessments (for the 13 endemic species only)

Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians, Beni, Bolivia. Adv Econ Bot (4) BIGC ARCHIVE "Brown-Eyed Susan" ~Rudbeckia triloba~The Chcobos, members of the Panoan language family of Amazonian Indians, remain as one of the least known groups of native peoples in the area. In Bolivia there are 260 members of this tribe, their principal village located in Alto Ivn, 70 miles south of Riberalta. The surrounding forest is of great importance to the Chcobos, providing food, fuel, shelter, medicine, poisons, and other useful products. In a one hectare site near their main village, 82%