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Trillium govanianum Wall. ex Royle Melanthiaceae

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Trillium govanianum Wall. ex Royle: Trillidium govanianum (Wall. ex Royle) Kunth

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories (KATH), Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal

    Til K. Thapa

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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

    H. 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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  7. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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

    Hassan Sher

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Thapa, T.K., Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Ur-Rahman, I., Bussmann, R.W. (2021). Trillium govanianum Wall. ex Royle Melanthiaceae. 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_251-1

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