Culture and Plants in Nuevo León, Mexico : Carlos "Aztekium" Velasco
About this episode
Carlos "Aztekium" Velasco discusses the botany and ethnobotany of Nuevo León, Mexico, including endemic plants and conservation efforts.
Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Carlos "Aztekium" Velasco is a biologist, educator, and naturalist in Nuevo León, Mexico who has been teaching and studying the region's botany for 30+ years. He has written a guidebook to the plants of Nuevo León and helped describe new species such as Astrophytum caput-medusae. In this episode we talk about the endemic plants of the Sierra Madre, the habitat of Huasteca Canyon, the urban river known as Rio Santa Catarina and its potential as native plant habitat, Ethnobotany of Mexican Plants, a growing appreciation of native plants in Northern Mexican culture, why the North lost so much of its Ethnobotany compared to the South, and more.
People in this episode
Host: Tony Santore
Guest: Carlos "Aztekium" Velasco
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Astrophytum caput-medusae
Places: Nuevo León, Mexico, Sierra Madre, Huasteca Canyon, Rio Santa Catarina
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