Ethnobotany and conservation of tiusinte (dioon mejiae standl. & l.o. Williams, Zamiaceae) in northeastern Honduras

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-257

  Bonta, Mark ^a   Flores Pinot, Oscar ^b   Graham, Daniel ^c   Haynes, Jody ^d   Sandoval, German ^e  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Universidad Pedagógica   (Honduras)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group   (United States)

^e NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

Author keywords

conservation of cycads; Dioon mejiae; ethnobotany of cycads; Honduras; Zamiaceae

Indexed keywords

CYCADOPSIDA; DIOON MEJIAE; ZAMIACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955077699     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771(2006)26[228:EACOTD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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