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Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All. Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All. Asparagacae

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Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle: Campydorum verticillatum (L.) Salisb.; Convallaria leptophylla D.Don; C. stellifolia Peterm.; C. verticillata L.; Evallaria verticillata (L.) Neck.; Polygonatum angustifolium Bubani; P. erythrocarpum Hua; P. jacquemontianum Kunth; P. kansuense Maxim. ex Batalin; P. leptophyllum (D.Don) Royle; P. macrophyllum Sweet; P. minutiflorum H.Lév.; P. roseum Hook.; P. verticillatum var. gracile Baker ex Aitch.; P. verticillatum ssp. stellifolium (Peterm.) K. Richt.; Sigillum verticillatum (L.) Montandon; Troxilanthes angustifolia Raf.

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Bhattarai, R. et al. (2021). Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All. Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All. Asparagacae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6_193

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