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Smilax aspera L. Smilax ovalifolia Roxb. Smilacaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Smilax aspera L.: Smilax aspera var. altissima Moris and De Not.; Smilax aspera var. angustifolia DC.; Smilax aspera var. balearica Willk. ex A. DC.; Smilax aspera subsp. balearica (Willk. ex A. DC.) K. Richt.; Smilax aspera subsp. balearica (Willk. ex A. DC.) Romo; Smilax aspera var. maculata (Roxb. ex D. Don) A. DC.; Smilax aspera subsp. mauritanica (Poir.) Arcang.; Smilax aspera var. mauritanica (Poir.) Gren. and Godr.; Smilax aspera subsp. nigra (Willd.) Nyman; Smilax aspera var. nigra (Willd.) A. DC.; Smilax aspera var. ochrocarpa A. DC.; Smilax aspera var. perrottetiana A. DC.; Smilax aspericaulis Wall. ex A. DC., Smilax maculata Roxb., Smilax sagittata Desv. ex Ham., Smilax sagittifolia G. Lodd.

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  1. Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal

    Suneeta Bhatta

  2. National Trust for Nature Conservation, Bardia Conservation Program, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Laxmi Raj Joshi

  3. Cultural Geography, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  4. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  5. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  6. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  7. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Bhatta, S., Joshi, L.R., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Smilax aspera L. Smilax ovalifolia Roxb. Smilacaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_229-1

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