Ethnobotany of Mexico: interactions of people and plants in Mesoamerica

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Part I: History of Ethnobotany in MexicoChapter 1. Origins and Development of Mexican EthnobotanyAbigail Aguilar Chapter 2. Ethnobotany in Mexico: Historical Trends and Development of Scientific ApproachesAndres Camou, Alejandro Casas, et al.Part II: Cultural Approaches in Ethnobotanical StudiesChapter 3. Cosmos, Corpus, and Praxis: An Integrated Approach of the Study of Plants, Ecosystems, and SocietiesVictor M. Toledo and Narciso BarreraChapter 4. Ethnobotany and Mexican Biocultural PatrimonyEckart BoegePart III: Ecological EthnobotanyChapter 5. Ethnobotanical and Ecological Studies of Plant PopulationsJavier Caballero, Rafael Lira et al.Capitulo 6. Ethnobotanical and Ecological studies of Communities and EcosystemsAlejandro Casas, Rafael Lira, Ana Isabel Moreno et al.Part IV: Evolutionary EthnobotanyChapter 7. Domestication as an Continuing Process: From Populations to LandcapeAlejandro Casas, Fabiola Parra, Adriana Otero, Xitlali Aguirre, et al.Chapter 8. Domestication of Annual PlantsRobert 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 AguirrePart V: Plant Resources for the FutureChapter 10. Useful plants of MexicoJavier Caballero, Laura Cortes, et al.Chapter 11. Medicinal PlantsTzasna Hernandez and Abigail AguilarChapter 12. Food PlantsCristina Mapes, Javier Caballero, Alejandro Casas, Jose BlancasPart VI: Ethnobotany and Genetic Resources in MexicoChapter 13. MaizeLuis Eguiarte and Daniel PineroChapter 14. BeansAlfonso Delgado, Paul Gepts, Daniel Debouck, Daniel Zizumbo, Patricia Colunga, and Jorge AcostaChapter 15. SquashesRafael Lira, Salvador Montes, Luis Eguiarte, Daniel Zizumbo, Patricia Colunga, and Mauricio QuesadaChapter 16. CottonAna Wegier and Daniel Pinero