Ethnobotany of Mexican and northern Central American cycads (Zamiaceae)

• Main Authors: Mark Bonta (Author), María Teresa Pulido-Silva (Author), Teresa Diego-Vargas (Author), Aurelia Vite-Reyes (Author), Andrew P. Vovides (Author), Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study documents cycad-human relationships in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras over the last 6000 years. The impetus was acute need for a better understanding of previously undocumented uses of cycads in this region, and the need to improve cycad conservat...