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Direction of dispersion of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus Costa) within the Americas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Luis C. Rodríguez ,
Marco A. Méndez  and
Hermann M. Niemeyer
Luis C. Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
Marco A. Méndez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
Hermann M. Niemeyer
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
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Dactylopius coccus has been used in Mexico and Peru as a source of natural dyes since pre-Columbian times. A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Dactylopius, and the disjoint distribution of D. coccus, suggest that the origin of D. coccus is South America and was introduced into North America by sea routes.

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cochinealnatural dyestradingPeruMexico
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 287 , March 2001 , pp. 73 - 77
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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