“…For two decades Douglas Sharon and I collaborated studying the use of medicinal plants in the region, interviewing healers, collectors, and sellers of medicinal plants, and complementing the study with bioassays to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of the plants, probably presenting the most detailed study of any region in Latin America, as well as adjacent countries (Ascate Pasos et al 2020, Azahuanche et al 2012, Bussmann 2006c, Bussmann, Barocio et al 2008,b,c,d,e, 2011a,b,c,d,e, Bussmann, Glenn et al 2010a, 2007b,b, 2014,b,c, 2018a,b, Bussmann, Sharon et al 2007a,b, 2008a,b, 2009a, Castañeda et al 2021, Hennig et al 2010, Laure-Mora et al 2021, Malca García et al 2015a, Monigatti et al 2013, Revene et al 2008, Rodriguez et al 2007, Romero et al 2020,b,c, 2014, Sharon, Glass-Coffin et al 2010, Spirova et al 2019, Torres-Guevara et al 2020, Wilsky et al 2020.…”