Was Maximovich criticized for his ethnobotanical studies?
While my primary focus was botanical classification, I also documented the practical uses of plants by indigenous peoples. My approach was descriptive, aiming to record existing knowledge. If there were critiques, they likely stemmed from the necessity of extensive fieldwork and the sheer volume of data collection involved, rather than a fundamental disagreement with the value of such observations.
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