Machine learning recovers folk classification of Banisteriopsis caapi from herbarium leaves an ayahuasca liana
iScience April 15, 2026 Scheila Cristina Biazatti, Deborah Bambil, Rômulo Môra et al.
reflects morphological overlap. Confusion matrix and similarity network analyses showed only partial agreement with previous ethnobotanical classifications. Focusing on subtle variation within a single species, this study demonstrates that integrating traditional knowledge with machine learning enables automated validation of folk taxonomies.