Table 1.
Studies included in the Mesoamerican Medicinal Plant Database (MAMPDB).
| Linguistic group (study codes) | Reference | Study site | Number of taxa (n = 2188) | Number of use-records (n = 12,537) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixe-Zoque (1-4) | 974 | 3,900 | |||
| Zoque (1-3) | 922 | 3,594 | |||
| Chiapas Zoque (1) | Geck et al., 2016 | Mexico, Chiapas | 411 | 1,200 | |
| Chimalapa Zoque (2) | Geck et al., 2016 | Mexico, Oaxaca | 261 | 825 | High degree of acculturation |
| Highland Popoluca (3) | Leonti et al., 2001; Leonti et al., 2013 | Mexico, Veracruz | 595 | 1,569 | |
| Mixe | |||||
| Lowland Mixe (4) | Heinrich, 1989 | Mexico, Oaxaca | 208 | 306 | In German |
| Totonacan (5-6) | 193 | 504 | |||
| Totonac (5) | Martinez-Alfaro, 1984 | Mexico, Puebla | 100 | 223 | Strong Nahua influences |
| Totonac (6) | Ugarte, 1997 | Mexico, Puebla | 128 | 281 | Food-medicine continuum |
| Mayan (7-20) | 1,418 | 5,824 | |||
| Huastecan (7-8) | 539 | 1,508 | |||
| Huastec (7) | Alcorn, 1984 | Mexico, San Luis Potosí/Veracruz | 498 | 1,254 | General ethnobotany |
| Huastec (8) | Alonso-Castro et al., 2012a | Mexico, San Luis Potosí | 72 | 254 | |
| Core Mayan (9-20) | 1,142 | 4,316 | |||
| Yucatecan (9-11) | 386 | 685 | |||
| Yucatec Maya (9) | Ankli et al., 1999; Ankli, 2000 | Mexico, Yucatán | 321 | 446 | |
| Yucatec Maya (10) | Arnason et al., 1980 | Belize, Cayo District | 73 | 101 | |
| Itzá (11) | Comerford, 1996 | Guatemala, Petén | 80 | 138 | Only two informants |
| Quichean-Mamean (12-17) | 771 | 2,727 | |||
| Kaqchikel (12) | Hitziger et al., 2016 | Guatemalan highlands | 335 | 1,371 | Only four informants |
| K’iche’ (13) | Nicolas, 1997; Nicolas, 1999 | Guatemalan highlands | 214 | 586 | In French |
| Kekchí (14) | Hitziger et al., 2016 | Guatemala, Petén | 296 | 623 | Only five informants |
| Kekchí (15) | Michel et al., 2007; Michel et al., 2016 | Guatemala, Izabal | 31 | 52 | Women’s health |
| Kekchí (16) | Bourbonnais-Spear, 2005; Bourbonnais-Spear et al., 2005 | Belize, Toledo District | 61 | 95 | Mental and neurological |
| Kekchí (17) | Treyvaud-Amiguet et al., 2005 | Belize, Toledo District | 106 | 0 | No uses disclosed |
| Western Mayan (18-20) | 315 | 904 | |||
| Tabasco Chontal (18) | Magaña-Alejandro et al., 2010 | Mexico, Tabasco | 170 | 440 | In Spanish |
| Chortí (19) | Kufer et al., 2005 | Guatemala, Chiquimula | 114 | 263 | Diachronic comparison |
| Tzeltalan (20) | Berlin and Berlin, 1996 | Mexico, Chiapas | 100 | 201 | Gastrointestinal ailments |
| Otomanguean | |||||
| Zapotec (21-23) | 531 | 1,490 | |||
| Petapa Zapotec (21) | Frei, 1997; Frei et al., 1998 | Mexico, Oaxaca | 337 | 920 | |
| Mitla Zapotec (22) | Messer, 1975 | Mexico, Oaxaca | 92 | 187 | General ethnobotany |
| Miahuatlan Zapotec (23) | Hunn, 2008 | Mexico, Oaxaca | 210 | 383 | General ethnobotany |
| Uto-Aztecan | |||||
| Eastern Nahuatl (24-28) | 321 | 820 | |||
| Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl (24) | Smith-Oka, 2008 | Mexico, Veracruz | 27 | 36 | Women’s health |
| Central Huasteca Nahuatl (25) | Andrade-Cetto, 2009 | Mexico, Hidalgo | 95 | 215 | Few indigenous names |
| Zongolica Nahuatl (26) | Weimann and Heinrich, 1997; Weimann, 2000 | Mexico, Veracruz | 180 | 320 | In German |
| Highland Puebla Nahuatl (27) | Canales et al., 2005 | Mexico, Puebla | 46 | 101 | No indigenous names |
| Guerrero Nahuatl (28) | Juárez-Vázquez et al., 2013a | Mexico, Guerrero | 66 | 148 |
Names and classification of linguistic groups follow glottolog 2.7.