Ethnobotany of Mexico Interactions of People and Plants in Mesoamerica /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lira, Rafael (Editor), Casas, Alejandro (Editor), Blancas, José (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Ethnobiology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Plant ecology.; Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Ecology.

This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on the interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica. Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico di...

Table of Contents:

• Origins and Development of Mexican Ethnobotany
• Ethnobotany in México: Historical Trends and Development of Scientific Approaches
• Cosmos, Corpus, and Praxis: An Integrated Approach of the Study of Plants, Ecosystems, and Societies
• Ethnobotany and Mexican Biocultural Patrimony
• Ethnobotanical and Ecological Studies of Plant Populations
• Ethnobotanical and Ecological studies of Communities and Ecosystems
• Domestication as an Continuing Process: From Populations to Landscape
• Domestication of Annual Plants
• Domestication of Perennial Plants
• Useful plants of Mexico
• Medicinal Plants
• Food Plants
• Maize
• Beans
• Squashes
• Cotton
• Peppers
• Ethnobotany and Ex-Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources in México
• Ethnobotany and In-Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources in México.