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Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Iresine herbstii Hook Amaranthaceae

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Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.: Achyranthes lanata L.; Alternanthera panicultata Bello; Alternanthera paniculata Kunth; Celosia paniculata L.; Iresine acuminata Moq.; Iresine canescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Iresine celosia L.; Iresine celosioides L.; Iresine celosioides var. eriophylla Benth.; Iresine celosioides var. macrophylla Grieseb.; Iresine celosioides var. nicotianoides Suess.; Iresine celosioides var. pubescens Moq.; Iresine elongata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Iresine eriophora Peyr.; Iresine eriophylla Moq.; Iresine floribunda M. Martens & Galeotti; Iresine gossypiantha A. Rich.; Iresine havanensis Moq.; Iresine mutisii Kunth; Iresine paniculata (L.) Kuntze; Iresine paniculata (Mart.) Spreng.; Iresine paniculata var. floridana Uline & W.L. Bray; Iresine parviflora Mart.; Iresine polymorpha var. alopecuroidea Mart.; Iresine polymorpha var. effusa Mart.; Iresine polymorpha var. verticillata Mart.; Iresine spiculigera Seub.; Iresine spiculigera var. pauciglandulosa Herzog; Iresine verticillata Spreng.; Trommsdorffia canescens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Mart.; Xerandra celosioides Raf.

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Romero, C. (2020). Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Iresine herbstii Hook Amaranthaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77093-2_150-1

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