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Table 3 Ecological, sociocultural and economic parameters calculated for the 33 edible species considered in this study

From: Ecological and socio-cultural factors influencing plant management in Náhuatl communities of the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico

Species

Cultural importance

Economic importance

Abundance perceived

Density indiv/ha

Biomass **cover%

Ecological dominance index

Distribution %

Chamaedorea tepejilote Liebm. ex Mart

0.2919

(5) 0.227

(4) 1.920

(3) 1166.666

(5) 1310.965

P(3) 2016995.962

33.333

Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck

0.2427

(2) 0.303

(20) 3.000

0.000

0.000

P 0.000

0.000

Litsea glaucescens Kunth

0.1608

(1) 0.394

(12) 2.550

(12) 20.000

(12) 15.241

P(12) 60.967

33.333

Peperomia peltilimba C. DC.

0.1103

(10) 0.133

(17) 2.800

-

**(8) 0.086

A(7) 0.087

11.111

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit

0.0965

(19) 0.034

(28) 3.750

0.000

0.000

P 0.000

0.000

Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn.

0.0869

(6) 0.163

(31) 4.000

(11) 20.000

(10) 129.520

P 0.000

11.111

Yucca elephantipes Regel

0.0408

(12) 0.080

(18) 2.880

(6) 146.666

(3) 5501.371

P(5) 225594.800

22.222

Prunus serotina Ehrh.

0.0357

(15) 0.062

(9) 2.140

(9) 80.000

(6) 1146.264

P(8) 18340.231

11.111

Piper auritum Kunth

0.0319

* 0.001

(22) 3.000

-

**(3) 0.208

P(11) 518.083

0.000

Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass.

0.0316

(3) 0.278

(10) 2.220

-

**(9) 0.086

A(8) 0.087

11.111

Canna indica L.

0.0283

* 0.001

(8) 2.100

(7) 140.000

(11) 55.334

P(10) 1549.356

11.111

Agave obscura Schiede

0.0234

(11) 0.085

(11) 2.430

0.000

0.000

P 0.000

0.000

Amaranthus hybridus L.

0.0215

(4) 0.259

(3) 1.730

-

**(4) 0.185

A(3 0.185

22.222

Brassica rapa L.

0.0171

* 0.001

(16) 2.670

-

**(7) 0.162

A(6) 0.162

22.222

Plantago alismatifolia Pilg.

0.0136

* 0.001

(29) 3.750

-

**(12) 0.075

A(11) 0.075

11.111

Cestrum nocturnum L.

0.0133

(9) 0.139

(19) 2.900

(4) 480.000

(7) 548.163

P(6) 210494.830

22.222

Crataegus mexicana Moc. & Sessé ex DC.

0.0128

(14) 0.064

(33) 4.090

0.000

0.000

P 0.000

0.000

Solanum americanum Mill.

0.0092

(20) 0.025

(14) 2.600

-

**(5) 0.185

A(4) 0.185

22.222

Phaseolus coccineus L.

0.0075

(18) 0.050

(23) 3.100

-

**(10) 0.075

A(9) 0.075

11.111

Quercus candicans Née

0.0070

* 0.001

(1) 1.560

(1) 5180.000

(1) 36436.946

P(1) 169869044.816

33.333

Dasylirion serratifolium (Karw. ex Schult. f.) Zucc.

0.0046

(7) 0.156

(5) 2.000

(5) 260.000

(8) 454.600

P(7) 94556.988

11.111

Phytolacca icosandra L.

0.0032

* 0.001

(15) 2.640

-

**(11) 0.075

A(10) 0.075

11.111

Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) Maas

0.0024

(13) 0.070

(25) 3.330

-

0.000

P 0.000

0.000

Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC.

0.0016

* 0.001

(2) 1.710

(10) 60.000

(9) 176.668

P(9) 2120.022

0.000

Sideroxylon palmeri (Rose) T.D. Penn.

0.0013

(8) 0.148

(27) 3.500

0.000

0.000

P 0.000

0.000

Inga vera Willd.

0.0008

* 0.001

(24) 3.290

(8) 90.000

(2) 7462.929

P(4) 1041733.572

33.333

Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum (Liebm.) Engl.

0.0008

(16) 0.060

(32) 4.000

-

**(2) 0.231

A(2) 0.231

22.222

Jatropha curcas L.

0.0006

(17) 0.053

(21) 3.000

0.000

0.000

P 0.000

0.000

Sonchus oleraceus L.

0.0004

* 0.001

(13) 2.570

-

**(6) 0.185

A(5) 0.185

22.222

Cleoserrata speciosa (Raf.) H.H. Iltis

0.0001

(21) 0.021

(30) 3.880

-

0.000

A 0.000

0.000

Raphanus raphanistrum L.

0.0001

* 0.001

(6) 2.000

-

**(13) 0.075

A 0.000

0.000

Vaccinium leucanthum Schltdl.

0.0001

* 0.001

(7) 2.000

(2) 1920.000

(4) 1897.257

P(2) 3642734.885

33.333

Tigridia pavonia (L. f.) DC.

0.0000

* 0.001

(26) 3.440

-

**(1) 0.295

A(1) 0.295

33.333

  1. *Species without economic importance.
  2. ( ) The number in parentheses indicates the hierarchical order of each species in the calculated parameters.
  3. **Percentage of cover for annual species.
  4. P Perennial species, A Annual species.