Abstract

This book, as the seventh volume of the series Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World (MAPW), focuses on the medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) of the so-called Southern Cone (SC), the southernmost geographic and cultural region of South America. South of the Tropic of Capricorn, this region of the huge South American continent comprises Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Frequently, also Paraguay is considered in this context, though due to certain deliberations, in our volume, we focus on the three aforementioned countries.