Medicinal flora of the Popoluca, Mexico: A botanical systematical perspective

Economic Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 218-230

  Leonti, Marco ^a   Ramirez R , Fernando ^b   Sticher, Otto ^a   Heinrich, Michael ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Proyecto Sierra Santa Marta AC   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacy; Isthmus of Tehuantepec; Macro Mayan; Medicinal plant selection; Mexico; Popoluca; Regression analysis; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0042522629     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0218:mfotpm]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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