TABLE of CONTENTS;Echinacea: Herbal Medicine with a Wild
HistoryTitle PageDedicationTable of Contents
Forward 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
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.
"This is a scientific book that offers a comprehensive yet readable survey of several scientific and practical aspects of the genus Echinacea ... . As a unique feature, many of the topics are based on the authors' own research, fieldwork experiences, etc. ... This is a volume that bridges the past and future of Echinacea species, a dependable source of information that surely deserves a place in scientific libraries." (Akos Mathe, Economic Botany, Vol. 71 (1), 2017)
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