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Amaranthus hybridus L. Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson Amaranthis spinosus L. Amaranthus retroflexus L. Amaranthaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai

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Amaranthus hybridus L.: Amaranthus caudatus L.; Amaranthus chlorostachys var. hybridus S. Watson; Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.; Amaranthus cruentus L.; Amaranthus edulis Speg.; Amaranthus leucocarpus S. Watson; Amaranthus leucospermus S. Watson; Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass.; Amaranthus hecticus Willd.; Amaranthus hybridus var. chlorostachys Beck; Amaranthus hybridus var. quitensis (Kunth) Covas; Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.; Amaranthus laetus Willd.; Amaranthus paniculatus L.; Amaranthus quitensis Kunth; Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. quitensis (Kunth) Bolós & Vigo; Amaranthus retroflexus var. chlorostachys A. Gray; Amaranthus sanguineus L.; Amaranthus speciosus L.; Amaranthus strictus Willd.; Galliaria hybrida (L.) Nieuwl.

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  3. Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ketevan Batsatsashvili

  4. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

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Bussmann, R.W., Batsatsashvili, K., Kikvidze, Z. (2020). Amaranthus hybridus L. Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson Amaranthis spinosus L. Amaranthus retroflexus L. Amaranthaceae. In: Batsatsashvili, K., Kikvidze, Z., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77087-1_18-1

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