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Verbena bonariensis L. Verbena litoralis Kunth Verbena officinalis L. Verbenaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Andes

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Verbena bonariensis L.: Verbena bonariensis L. fo. albiflora, Verbena bonariensis L. var. brevibracteata, Verbena bonariensis L. var. conglomerata Briq.; Verbena litoralis Kunth var. brasiliensis, Verbena litoralis Kunth var. brevibracteata, Verbena incompta P.W. Michael, Verbena elongata Salisb., Verbena trichotoma Moench

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Echeverría, J., Romero, C. (2020). Verbena bonariensis L. Verbena litoralis Kunth Verbena officinalis L. Verbenaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28933-1_295

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