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Thalictrum cultratum Wall. Thalictrum foetidum L. Thalictrum foliolosum DC. Ranunculaceae

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Thalictrum cultratum Wall.: Thalictrum cultratum subsp. platycarpum (Hook. f. & Thomson) Brühl; Thalictrum cultratum var. tsangense Brühl; Thalictrum deciternatum B. Boivin; Thalictrum yui B. Boivin

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  1. Amrit Science College, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Sabina Gyawali & Sanjeev Luintel

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, 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 & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  5. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Gyawali, S., Luintel, S., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Thalictrum cultratum Wall. Thalictrum foetidum L. Thalictrum foliolosum DC. Ranunculaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_245-1

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