Diversity, management, and uses of edible plants in a Ñäñho community of Southern Querétaro, Mexico.

Background: Mexico is one of the countries with the highest cultural, biological, and agrobiological diversity. However, an accelerated process of ancestral knowledge loss, related to the management of agrobiodiversity, native seeds, and other edible plant species management is affecting food sovereignty. This process of knowledge loss was documented at the Ñäñho region, of southern Querétaro, where our study took place.

Spatial Analysis of the Ecogeographic Diversity of Wild Creeping Cucumber ( L.) for In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation in Mexico.

L., a wild relative of cucurbit crops, is also used for food and as a medicinal plant in Mexico. The objective of this study was to ecogeographically characterize the known populations of in Mexico, determining its adaptive range and possible sites for in situ and ex situ conservation.