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Equisetum diffusum D. Don Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. Equisetaceae

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Equisetum diffusum D. Don: Equisetum diffusum var. paucidentatum C.N. Page, Equisetum mekonghense C.N. Page

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  1. Department of Science, Sanothimi Campus, Bhaktapur, Nepal

    Hira Shova Shrestha

  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. College of Life Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China

    Maroof Ali Turi

  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 & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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    Hassan Sher

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    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Shrestha, H.S., Kunwar, R.M., Turi, M.A., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Equisetum diffusum D. Don Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. Equisetaceae. 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_94

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