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Rumex abyssinicus Jacq. Rumex usambarensis (Dammer) Dammer Polygonaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.: Rumex bequaertii var. quarrel (De Wild.) Robyns; Rumex schimperi Meisn.

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  4. Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

    Grace N. Njoroge

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    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Rumex abyssinicus Jacq. Rumex usambarensis (Dammer) Dammer Polygonaceae . In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_138

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