Diversity and traditional knowledge of pulque agave landraces in the community of San Pedro Tlalcuapan, Tlaxcala, Mexico

There is scarce information available about how peasants recognize Agave landraces. This study aims to identify the agave species and landraces used for “pulque” production analyze their morphological variability in a Nahualt community, San Pedro Tlacuapan (SPT), Tlaxcala, Mexico. To this end, we traditional knowledge conventional statistical methods. Semi-structured interviews were administered; from these, frequency of mentions, lexical marking, perception each landrace evaluated. A total 36 vegetative characters measured main landraces, ordination analyses (PCA) performed. SPT home 8 americana salmiana subsp. salmiana. “Manso” was most frequently mentioned landrace, 5 qualitative by local experts observed. One cluster associated with analyzed, variables characterizing them are rosette size, leaf shape, number leaves, tooth shape. The diversity can be integrated into measurements through