Nahuatl Cultural Encyclopedia: Botany and Zoology, Balsas ... - Famsi

Figure 8. Oapan Nahuatl: Pi:pilo:lxo:chitl / Bessera elegans Schult. f.
The appendices report the status of material collected to date. Scientific names are
followed by Nahuatl names obtained in consultation with local consultants. It needs to
be noted that this is a representation of raw field data and no effort at this point has
been made to determine "correct" and "incorrect" identifications nor to fully explore local
variation in nomenclature. The original database also contains extensive notes from
interviews with consultants during field collection about the use and morphology or life
cycle of the collected flora and fauna. These notes are presently being culled and
analyzed for a publication on Nahuatl ethnobiology.
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