Diversity and importance of the Cucurbitaceae family in Mexico
In this paper a general overview of the taxonomic and floristic knowledge of the family Cucurbitaceae in Mexico is presented. The family is represented in this country by 137 taxa (species and infraspecific categories), belonging to 38 genera of its two subfamilies (Zanonioideae and Cucurbitoideae)....
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
1998
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| author | Lira, Rafael Rodriguez-Jimenez, Concepcion Alvarado, José L. Rodriguez, Isela Castrejon, Javier Dominguez-Marian, Antonio |
| author_facet | Lira, Rafael Rodriguez-Jimenez, Concepcion Alvarado, José L. Rodriguez, Isela Castrejon, Javier Dominguez-Marian, Antonio |
| author_sort | Lira, Rafael |
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| description | In this paper a general overview of the taxonomic and floristic knowledge of the family Cucurbitaceae in Mexico is presented. The family is represented in this country by 137 taxa (species and infraspecific categories), belonging to 38 genera of its two subfamilies (Zanonioideae and Cucurbitoideae). Thirteen of the taxa are mainly crops for human consumption, the rest growing wild, of which more tan 50% are endemic to relatively small áreas of the country. Some of the wild taxa are closely related to crops of worldwide importance, and several are used mainly in folk medicine in various regions of the country. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.abm.ojs.inecol.mx:article-7972022-12-24T05:45:17Z Diversity and importance of the Cucurbitaceae family in Mexico Diversidad e importancia de la familia Cucurbitaceae en México Lira, Rafael Rodriguez-Jimenez, Concepcion Alvarado, José L. Rodriguez, Isela Castrejon, Javier Dominguez-Marian, Antonio cultivars endemism traditional medicine useful plants. cultivares endemismo medicina tradicional plantas útiles. In this paper a general overview of the taxonomic and floristic knowledge of the family Cucurbitaceae in Mexico is presented. The family is represented in this country by 137 taxa (species and infraspecific categories), belonging to 38 genera of its two subfamilies (Zanonioideae and Cucurbitoideae). Thirteen of the taxa are mainly crops for human consumption, the rest growing wild, of which more tan 50% are endemic to relatively small áreas of the country. Some of the wild taxa are closely related to crops of worldwide importance, and several are used mainly in folk medicine in various regions of the country. En este trabajo se presenta un panorama general del conocimiento florístico-taxonómico de la familia Cucurbitaceae en México. Se concluye que la familia está representada en el país por 137 taxa (especies y entidades infraespecíficas), pertenecientes a 38 géneros de sus dos subfamilias (Zanonioideae y Cucurbitoideae). Trece de los taxa son cultivos, principalmente de importancia alimenticia y el resto son plantas silvestres, de las cuales más de 50% son endémicas a regiones relativamente pequeñas del país. Algunos de los taxa silvestres, además, son parientes cercanos de cultivos de interés mundial y varios de ellos son utilizados primordialmente en la medicina tradicional. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 1998-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/797 10.21829/abm42.1998.797 Acta Botanica Mexicana; No. 42 (1998); 43-77 Acta Botanica Mexicana; Núm. 42 (1998); 43-77 2448-7589 0187-7151 spa https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/797/963 Derechos de autor 2016 Acta Botanica Mexicana https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Lira, Rafael Rodriguez-Jimenez, Concepcion Alvarado, José L. Rodriguez, Isela Castrejon, Javier Dominguez-Marian, Antonio Diversity and importance of the Cucurbitaceae family in Mexico |
| title | Diversity and importance of the Cucurbitaceae family in Mexico |
| title_full | Diversity and importance of the Cucurbitaceae family in Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Diversity and importance of the Cucurbitaceae family in Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diversity and importance of the Cucurbitaceae family in Mexico |
| title_short | Diversity and importance of the Cucurbitaceae family in Mexico |
| title_sort | diversity and importance of the cucurbitaceae family in mexico |
| url | https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/797 |
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