Disentangling domestication from food production systems in the Neotropics

CR Clement, A Casas, FA Parra-Rondinel, C Levis… - Quaternary, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Neolithic Revolution narrative associates early-mid Holocene domestications with the
development of agriculture that fueled the rise of late Holocene civilizations. This narrative …

A review of Neotropical Burseraceae

DC Daly, RO Perdiz, PVA Fine, G Damasco… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract This review of Neotropical Burseraceae emphasizes developments since the last
major review of the family in 2011. The Burseraceae comprise a Laurasian group …

How does urbanization affect perceptions and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants?

C Arjona-García, J Blancas… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2021 - Springer
Background The use and knowledge of medicinal plants play an essential role in community
health in rural Mexico. Medicinal plants are part of the local heritage and provide a source of …

Sustaining Medicinal Barks: Survival and Bark Regeneration of Amphipterygium adstringens (Anacardiaceae), a Tropical Tree under Experimental Debarking

L Beltrán-Rodríguez, JI Valdez-Hernández… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Commercial harvests can threaten tree species harvested for their bark. Amphipterygium
adstringens is a dioecious tree, endemic to the tropical dry forests of Mexico, where it is …

Chemistry, Biological Activities, and Uses of Copal Resin (Bursera spp.) in Mexico

J Blancas, I Abad-Fitz, L Beltrán-Rodríguez… - Gums, resins and …, 2022 - Springer
Copal is an aromatic resin that has been extracted by people from several arboreal species
of the Burseraceae family—also known as copal—for at least two thousand years. In Mexico …

Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Mexico: Use, management, and other interactions between people and plants

J Caballero, L Cortés, C Mapes, J Blancas… - Ethnobotany of the …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter shows a general panorama of ethnobotanical research and information
generated during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries among Mexican cultures, according …

[HTML][HTML] Roads traveled and roads ahead: the consolidation of Mexican ethnobotany in the new millennium. An essay

H Vibrans, A Casas - Botanical Sciences, 2022 - scielo.org.mx
This work examines the development of ethnobotany, focusing on Mexico in this millennium.
How has the discipline grown? What is the relative importance of Spanish? Are there …

Acaricidal and insecticidal activity of essential oils obtained from the aerial parts of three Mexican Bursera species

F Krengel, R Pavela, F Ocampo-Bautista… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
In search of new sustainable biopesticides, we determined the phytochemical profiles,
acaricidal and insecticidal properties of EOs distilled from the aerial parts of three Mexican …

[HTML][HTML] Can resin extraction have an effect on the reproductive biology in burseraceae species?: A global analysis

I Abad-Fitz, A Vázquez-Lobo, J Blancas, A Casas… - Trees, Forests and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant reproductive biology encompasses the study of sexual and asexual reproduction, as
well as morphological, physiological, ecological, and genetic aspects influencing these …

Riqueza, estructura y diversidad florística en huertos familiares del sureste del estado de Morelos: una aproximación biocultural

A Tegoma Coloreano, J Blancas, A García Flores… - Polibotánica, 2023 - scielo.org.mx
Los huertos familiares (HF) son sistemas agroforestales tradicionales que favorecen la
interconexión con la vegetación natural circundante al hogar y proveen múltiples beneficios …