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Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal Asteraceae

Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

Part of the book series: Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions ((ETMORE))

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Launaea procumbens (Roxb.): Launea fallax (Jaub. & Spach.) Kuntze; Microrhynchus fallax Jaub. & Spach.; Paramicroshynchus procumbens (Roxb.) Kirp.; Prenanthes procumbens Roxb.; Sonchus lakouensis S.Y. Hu; Youngia alashanica H.C. Fu; Zollikoferia fallax (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.

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  1. Islamia College Peshawar, University Campus Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Hammand Ahmad Jan

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  3. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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  1. Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

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  2. Center for Plant Sciences & Biodiversity, University of Swat, Pakistan, Udigram, Pakistan

    Hassan Sher

  3. Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

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Jan, H.A., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal Asteraceae. 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_139-1

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