32 New Cacti Species Found in Mexico

Hercilia CASTRO (Correspondent)
Petatlan, February 24. The delegate of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Blanca Jimenez Padilla and Rodolfo Lobato Rodriguez researcher reported the existence of 32 species of cacti, cactus-better known as endemic in the archaeological Xihuacan in the town of La Soledad de Maciel.
The delegate said that, after the excavations in the pyramid mound B, INAH plans to work on the rear area of ​​the museum in a botanical garden, "Above all, we want to save all species in the region" .
Was announced that the inventory of cacti species that exist in the area as well as in the archaeological zone of Tehuacalco.
Meanwhile, the archaeologist Rodolfo Lobato Rodriguez reported that 32 endemic species have been recorded in the La Soledad de Maciel, which are already selected and some are under the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT).
"There are cacti, there are many herbs, there are bromeliads, coachalalate stick the coup, and to date the community still continues to use" he said.
Jimenez Padilla said he has been through the support of the locals that researchers have had knowledge of the uses of plants and cacti from the archaeological site of La Soledad de Maciel.
Lobato Rodriguez noted that herbal medicine has been used since pre-Hispanic times, "somehow, we know it, a heritage, intangible cultural heritage."
He added that the use of herbal medicine is so common that often has not considered the cultural heritage means.
"We classified the species, including flowers and plants that were not known, and made an inventory as the patron of the 16th century codex," he said.
The researchers commented that the plant research took them since 2007, and that meant making and study "from population censuses, land, cacti".La Jornada Guerrero