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Ceremonial Use of Bromeliads and Other Vascular Epiphytes in Cemeteries of Two Indigenous Communities of Las Margaritas, Chiapas, Mexico

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    Derio Antonio Jiménez-López, Jonathan V. Solórzano & Candelario Peralta-Carreta

  2. Postgrado en Botánica, Colegio de Postgraduados, 56230, Texcoco, Estado de México, Mexico

    Heike Vibrans

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Jiménez-López, D.A., Solórzano, J.V., Vibrans, H. et al. Ceremonial Use of Bromeliads and Other Vascular Epiphytes in Cemeteries of Two Indigenous Communities of Las Margaritas, Chiapas, Mexico. Econ Bot 73, 127–132 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-019-09445-4

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