caa a22 4500 477046193 CHVBK 20180405111331.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02907342 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02907342 Comerford Simon Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Tulane University, 70118-5698, New Orleans, LA aut Medicinal plants of two Mayan Healers from San Andres, Peten, Guatemala [Elektronische Daten] [Simon Comerford] Plantas medicinales de dos curanderos Mayas de San Andrés, Petén, Guatemala This study records 81 species of medicinal plants used in San Andrés, Petén. The primary source of information was an elderly Maya-speaking couple employed as traditional healers. Voucher specimens were collected, the majority from surrounding secondary forest; local names, medicinal uses, growth form, and habitat were noted. The plant families providing most species were Asteraceae and Rubiaceae. A lack of apprentices threaten continuation of this tradition in the community. The New York Botanical Garden, 1996 Central America nationallicence ethnobotany nationallicence Guatemala nationallicence Maya nationallicence medical botany nationallicence medicinal plants nationallicence Peten nationallicence traditional medicine nationallicence Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/3(1996-07-01), 327-336 0013-0001 50:3<327 1996 50 12231 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907342 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907342 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Comerford Simon Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Tulane University, 70118-5698, New Orleans, LA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/3(1996-07-01), 327-336 0013-0001 50:3<327 1996 50 12231 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer