This book is a tour de force. The 59 contributors ... provide a wealth of information in its 22 chapters, each of which is well referenced via footnotes. It presents both introductory and advanced material but also asks important questions about gaps in knowledge; this makes it relevant to undergraduates, postgraduates and postdoctoral scientists/researchers as well as policy makers and anyone concerned with establishing sustainable development. (Dr. A. M. Mannion, British Ecology Society, Vol. 48 (1), April, 2017)
The editors need to be congratulated for having brought forward a volume that will be the standard for years to come. Policymakers, researchers, and the general public have for the first time a concise but readable overview of the ethnobotany of Mexico. Everyone interested in ethnobotany ... will find a wealth of information in this volume. Overall, Ethnobotany of Mexico is a great example as to how modern ethnobotanical treatises should be structured, and what information they should include. (Economic Botany, Vol. 70 (4), December, 2016)Dr. Rafael Lira
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Laboratorio de Recursos Naturales, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlanepantla, Mexico
Alejandro Casas, PhD
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Part I: History of Ethnobotany in Mexico
Chapter 1. Origins and Development of Mexican Ethnobotany
Abigail Aguilar
Chapter 2. Ethnobotany in Mexico: Historical Trends and Development of Scientific Approaches
Andres Camou, Alejandro Casas, et al.
Part II: Cultural Approaches in Ethnobotanical Studies
Chapter 3. Cosmos, Corpus, and Praxis: An Integrated Approach of the Study of Plants, Ecosystems, and Societies
Victor M. Toledo and Narciso Barrera
Chapter 4. Ethnobotany and Mexican Biocultural Patrimony
Eckart Boege
Part III: Ecological Ethnobotany
Chapter 5. Ethnobotanical and Ecological Studies of Plant Populations
Javier Caballero, Rafael Lira et al.
Capitulo 6. Ethnobotanical and Ecological studies of Communities and Ecosystems
Alejandro Casas, Rafael Lira, Ana Isabel Moreno et al.
Part IV: Evolutionary Ethnobotany
Chapter 7. Domestication as an Continuing Process: From Populations to Landcape
Alejandro Casas, Fabiola Parra, Adriana Otero, Xitlali Aguirre, et al.
Chapter 8. Domestication of Annual Plants
Robert Bye, Cristina Mapes, Heike Vibrans, Beatriz Rendon, Rafael Lira, Isabelle Blanckaert, et al.
Chapter 9. Domestication of Perennial Plants.
Alejandro Casas, Patricia Colunga, Daniel Zizumbo, Fabiola Parra, Xitlali Aguirre
Part V: Plant Resources for the Future
Chapter 10. Useful plants of Mexico
Javier Caballero, Laura Cortes, et al.
Chapter 11. Medicinal Plants
Tzasna Hernandez and Abigail Aguilar
Chapter 12. Food Plants
Cristina Mapes, Javier Caballero, Alejandro Casas, Jose Blancas
Part VI: Ethnobotany and Genetic Resources in Mexico
Chapter 13. Maize
Luis Eguiarte and Daniel Pinero
Chapter 14. Beans
Alfonso Delgado, Paul Gepts, Daniel Debouck, Daniel Zizumbo, Patricia Colunga, and Jorge Acosta
Chapter 15. Squashes
Rafael Lira, Salvador Montes,
Chapter 16. Cotton
Ana Wegier and Daniel Pinero