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Taxus baccata (L.) Borkh. Taxus contorta Griff. Taxus mairei (Lemée & H. Lév.) S.Y. Hu Taxus wallichiana Zucc. Taxaceae

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Taxus baccata (L.) Borkh.: Taxus baccata L. subsp. wallichiana (Zucc.) Pilger; Taxuscontorta var. mucronata Spjut; Taxus wallichiana var. yunnanensis (W.C. Cheng & L.K. Fu) C.T. Kuan; Taxus yunnanensis W.C. Cheng & L.K. Fu; Taxus wallichiana var. wallichiana (Zucc.) W.C. Cheng & L.K. Fu; Taxus virgata Wall. ex Hook. f.

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  1. Molecular Biotechnology Unit, Faculty of Science, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Khumaltar, Nepal

    Ram C. Poudel

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON), Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  4. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Swat, Mingora, Pakistan

    Hassan Sher

  5. United Nations Development Programme, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Ikram Ur Rahman

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

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Poudel, R.C., Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Ur Rahman, I., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Taxus baccata (L.) Borkh. Taxus contorta Griff. Taxus mairei (Lemée & H. Lév.) S.Y. Hu Taxus wallichiana Zucc. Taxaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6_243

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