Part I: History of Ethnobotany in Mexico Chapter 1. Origins and Development of Mexican Ethnobotany Abigail Aguilar Chapter 2. Ethnobotany in México: Historical Trends and Development of Scientific Approaches Andrés Camou, Alejandro Casas, et al. Part II: Cultural Approaches in Ethnobotanical Studies Chapter 3. Cosmos, Corpus, and Praxis: An Integrated Approach of the Study of Plants, Ecosystems, and Societies Víctor M. Toledo and Narciso Barrera Chapter 4. Ethnobotany and Mexican Biocultural Patrimony Eckart Boege Part III: Ecological Ethnobotany Chapter 5. Ethnobotanical and Ecological Studies of Plant Populations Javier Caballero, Rafael Lira et al.

Capítulo 6. Ethnobotanical and Ecological studies of Communities and Ecosystems Alejandro Casas, Rafael Lira, Ana Isabel Moreno et al. Part IV: Evolutionary Ethnobotany Chapter 7. Domestication as an Continuing Process: From Populations to Landcape Alejandro Casas, Fabiola Parra, Adriana Otero, Xitlali Aguirre, et al. Chapter 8. Domestication of Annual Plants Robert Bye, Cristina Mapes, Heike Vibrans, Beatriz Rendón, Rafael Lira, Isabelle Blanckaert, et al. Chapter 9. Domestication of Perennial Plants.

Alejandro Casas, Patricia Colunga, Daniel Zizumbo, Fabiola Parra, Xitlali Aguirre Part V: Plant Resources for the Future Chapter 10. Useful plants of Mexico Javier Caballero, Laura Cortés, et al. Chapter 11. Medicinal Plants Tzasná Hernández and Abigail Aguilar Chapter 12. Food Plants Cristina Mapes, Javier Caballero, Alejandro Casas, José Blancas Part VI: Ethnobotany and Genetic Resources in México Chapter 13. Maize Luis Eguiarte and Daniel Piñero Chapter 14. Beans Alfonso Delgado, Paul Gepts, Daniel Debouck, Daniel Zizumbo, Patrícia Colunga, and Jorge Acosta Chapter 15. Squashes Rafael Lira, Salvador Montes, Luis Eguiarte, Daniel Zizumbo, Patricia Colunga, and Mauricio Quesada Chapter 16.

Cotton Ana Wegier and Daniel Piñero.