UABCS presents study of 40 plants used in Mulegé at a botany congress in Colombia

By Erick León

English translation of the article originally published on October 25, 2026. Dates and reporting status reflect the original article.

The Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur presented research on the state’s plant resources at the 13th Colombian Botany Congress in Medellín, BCS Noticias reported on October 24.

Esli Alexis Mayer Félix, head of the university’s Phanerogamic Herbarium, presented a study of traditional knowledge in rural Mulegé communities. The study documented uses of 40 plant species belonging to 37 genera and 23 botanical families.

Source: BCS Noticias, October 24, 2026. Supplementary institutional source: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur.

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