When time and funding permit, each flower (each plant species) will have its own page, and its own PDF, and eventually its own PPT so that professors and students have plenty of material on Guatemala (and Honduras, etc) to study.

Heliconia adflexa, Coban, Guatemala, Hotel Monja Blanca, FLAAR, by Nicholas Hellmuth

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Bibliography on Achiote, Bixa orellana

PDF, Articles, Books on Achiote, Bixa orellana

Photo by Dr Nicholas Hellmuth with a Nikon D5, lens Canon EF 100MM F/2.8 MACRO USM, f/10, 1/400, ISO 3200

  • AYALA, Carmen, CASTILLO, Ericson, ALFARO, Ketterine, EVA, Aspiros and Luis AYALA
  • 2016
  • Obtención de un colorante natural de las semillas de Bixa orellana L. (Bixaceae) como alternativa para uso cosmético. Arnaldoa: revista del Herbario HAO. Vol. 23, No. 1. Pages 149-158.

    Available online:
    www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/249963#/summary
  • CAMACARO, José, GÓMEZ, José, JIMÉNEZ, Milagros, VEGA, Cristóbal and Lisbeth MANGANIELLO
  • 2018
  • A liposoluble colorant from Annatto seeds (Bica Orellana L.) as an input for food industry. Revista de Ingeniería UC, Vol. 25, No. 2. Pages 291-306.

    Available online:
    http://servicio.bc.uc.edu.ve/ingenieria/revista/v25n2/art16.pdf
  • CASO, Laura and Mario Aliphat
  • 2017
  • Relaciones de Verapaz y las Tierras Bajas Mayas Centrales en el siglo XVII. En XX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2006 (editado por J.P. Laporte, B. Arroyo y H. Mejía), pp. 48-58. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala (versión digital).

    Available online:
    www.asociaciontikal.com/simposio-20-ano-2006/04-caso-06-www-doc/
  • DE ARAÚJO, Daniela, DE ARAUJO, Marina, ACCIOLY, Túlio, NERVO, Fernanda, DE OLIVEIRA, Márcia, DE OLIVEIRA, Camilo, FILGUEIRAS, Petronio, FORMIGA, Margareth and José BARBOSA
  • 2014
  • Traditional uses, chemical constituents, and biological activities of Bixa Orellana L.: a review. Hidawi Publishing Corporation. The Scientific World Journal. 11 pages.
  • MAZZANI, E., MARÍN, C. and V. SEGOVIA
  • 2000
  • Estudio de la variabilidad existente en la colección de onoto (Bixa Orellana L.) del CENIAP; FONAIAP; Venezuela

Photo by Sofía Monzón with a Canon EOS, lens Canon EF 100MM F/2.8 MACRO USM, f/18, 1/250, ISO 100

  • SALGUERO, Boris
  • 2010
  • Trabajo de graduación realizado en el Municipio de Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Alta Verapaz con énfasis en el estudio de mercado para el cultivo de Achiote (Bixa Orellana L.) producido en la comunidad Resurrección Balan. Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, Facultad de Agronomía.

    Downloadable online:
    www.repositorio.usac.edu.gt/7031/
  • VÁSQUEZ, María Luisa, BATISTA, Antonio Fernando and Dolores YUSÁ
  • 2010
  • Annatto in America and Europe. Tradition Treatises and Elaboration of an Ancient Colour. Arche, No. 4-5
  • ZARZA, Addy, SAURI, Enrique, RADDATZ, Denise, CUEVAS, Luis, PINZÓN, Luis, RIVERA, Fernando and Jose MENDOZA
  • 2017
  • Pharmacological, phytochemical and morphological study of three mayan accessions of Bixa Orellana L. leaves. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture. Vol. 29, No. 3. Pages 163-169.

    Available online:
    https://www.ejfa.me/index.php/journal/article/view/578

Photo by Dr Nicholas Hellmuth with a Nikon D5, lens Nikon AF-Micro-NIKKOR 200mm f/4D IF-ED Macro, f/11, 1/500, ISO 6400

 

Suggested webpages with photos and information on Achiote, Bixa orellana

www.cich.org/Publicaciones/09/BixaOrellana.pdf
Information.

www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Bixa_orellana.PDF
Information.

www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/97007/Achiote_monografias.pdf
Information and photos.

https://catalogofloravalleaburra.eia.edu.co/species/15
Information and photos.

www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-22274?ref=tpl1
Synonyms.

www.gbif.org/species/2874863
Map location and photos.

To learn more about Bixa orellana, Achiote, click here

 

Updated, January 2021.
First posted, June 2019
Bibliography prepared by Marcella Sarti, FLAAR Mesoamerica

 

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