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Acmella calva (DC.) R.K. Jansen Asteraceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Acmella calva (DC.) R.K. Jansen: Ceratocephalus javanicus (Schultz-Bipontinus ex Miquel) Kuntze, Colobogyne langbianensis Gagnep, Spilanthes acmella var. calva (DC.) Clarke ex Hooker f., Spilanthes callimorpha A.H. Moore, Spilanthes calva DC., Spilanthes javanica Schultz-Bipontinus ex Miquel, Spilanthes langbianensis (Gagnep.) Stuessey, Spilanthes rugosa Blume ex De Candolle, Spilanthes rugosa var. truncata Miq.

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  1. Botany Department, Siddhanath Science Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kanchanpur, Nepal

    Man D. Bhatt

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON), Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  5. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Bhatt, M.D., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Acmella calva (DC.) R.K. Jansen Asteraceae. 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_9

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