This research was conducted in three rural communities:
San Felipe Cuapexco, Cohuecán, Puebla; Tepexilotla in
Chocamán,and Angostillo in Paso de Ovejas, Veracruz.
These communities are placed in the areas of influence of
campuses Puebla, Veracruz and Córdoba of Colegio de
Postgraduados. These communities were chosen by the
following criteria: a) ecological knowledge and biodiversity,
b) management and conservation of natural resources, c)
types of natural environments and contexts, d) forms of
perceiving the importance of local floral communities
present in the communities, and e) socioeconomic and
environmental variability in the three regions. Below each
of this rural communities is described