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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Ethnobotany in a Modern City: The Persistence in the Use of Medicinal Plants in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Rosa Elena Martínez-González, Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez, Cecilia Neri-Luna, Lucía Barrientos-Ramírez, Alejandro Muñoz-Urias

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Rosa Elena Martínez-GonzálezDepartamento de Botánica y Zoología, Doctorado en Ecofisiología y Recursos Genéticos, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Cam. Ramón Padilla Sánchez 2100, Las Agujas, Zapopan 44600, Jalisco, Mexico.
Francisco Martín Huerta-MartínezDepartamento de Ecología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Cam. Ramón Padilla Sánchez 2100, Las Agujas, Zapopan 44600, Jalisco, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-6923-3425
Cecilia Neri-LunaDepartamento de Ecología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Cam. Ramón Padilla Sánchez 2100, Las Agujas, Zapopan 44600, Jalisco, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8941-2305
Lucía Barrientos-RamírezInstituto de Madera Celulosa y Papel, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara, Cam. Ramón Padilla Sánchez 2100, Las Agujas, Zapopan 44600, Jalisco, Mexico.
Alejandro Muñoz-UriasDepartamento de Ecología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Cam. Ramón Padilla Sánchez 2100, Las Agujas, Zapopan 44600, Jalisco, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-0828-9729

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The traditional use of medicinal plants around the world has a long history, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries. Previous ethnobotanical research pertaining to urban environments demonstrated that the legacy of the use of medicinal plant species persists worldwide; however, information about the main city in the occidental part of Mexico is scarce regarding this traditional knowledge and its variation during the last few decades. A database was created from interviews with local people who had inhabited the oldest neighborhoods of Guadalajara for at least 30 years and by using different electronic databases. In addition, the correct taxonomic identification of species was supported via corroboration through local and other digital herbariums. Furthermore, a Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) was performed on the database information to search for relationships among the medicinal plant species used. An inventory of 137 medicinal plants was created, where the plant species most commonly used in the five old neighborhoods of Guadalajara City were muicle (

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