Aridoamerica

English
Aridoamerica

Etymology

arid +‎ -o- +‎ America. Coined by Gary Paul Nabhan in 1985.[1]

Proper noun

Aridoamerica

  1. 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.[2]

Coordinate terms

References
  1. Paul Gepts (ed.). Genetic Resources of Phaseolus Beans: Their maintenance, domestication, evolution and utilization. Springer. p. 6.
  2. Richard C. Pratt; Gary Paul Nabhan (1988). Paul Gepts (ed.). Genetic Resources of Phaseolus Beans: Their maintenance, domestication, evolution and utilization. Springer. p. 419.
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