Abstract Background and Scope Agaves played a central role as multi-use plants providing
food, fibre and beverage to pre-contact and historical Mesoamerican cultures. However …

Agaves are perennial species that originated in the arid lands of North America, Mexico and
Central America. They are well adapted to high temperatures and drought which makes …

With more than 200 species, the genus Agave is one of the most interesting and complex
groups of plants in the world, considering for instance its great diversity and adaptations …

Ethnobotany is a multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary research field concerned with the study
of interactions between people and plants throughout time and different cultural and …

Background Pulque is a fermented beverage prepared with sap of Agave species in Mexico.
Management of agaves for this purpose has motivated domestication of some species and …

A diagnostic description of the family is given with special emphasis on the occurrence of
succulence. This is followed by information on the ordinal placement, a selection of …

The life cycles and dispersal of edible fungi are still poorly known, thus limiting our
understanding of their evolution and domestication. The prized Tuber melanosporum …

Abstract Background and Aims: Saffron (Crocus sativus) is a sterile triploid (2 n= 3 x= 24)
cultivated species, of unknown origin from other diploid and polyploid species in the genus …

Forestry systems in Mexico are examples of traditional management of land and biodiversity
that integrates the use, conservation and restoration of forest elements. Current in situ …

Agave inaequidens and A. cupreata are wild species with some populations under incipient
management, while A. hookeri is exclusively cultivated, used for producing the fermented …