Aridoamerica

English thumb|Aridoamerica Etymology From en arid -o- America. en Gary Paul Nabhan 1985 American ecologist ethnobotanist 1.Paul Gepts (ed.). Genetic Resources of Phaseolus Beans: Their maintenance, domestication, evolution and utilization. Springer. p. 6. Proper noun An ethno-ecological region of Southwestern North America, from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico coast, extending across northern Mexico (including the Baja Peninsula, and spanning from the Gulf of California to the Gulf of Mexico) and the U.S. desert southwest (from California to Texas). It is defined by the use of staple bean Phaseolus acutifolius species. Richard C. Pratt; Gary Paul Nabhan (1988). Paul Gepts (ed.). Genetic Resources of Phaseolus Beans: Their maintenance, domestication, evolution and utilization. Springer. p. 419. Coordinate terms en Oasisamerica en Mesoamerica References