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Swertia angustifolia Burkill Swertia chirayita Buch.-Ham. ex C.B. Clarke Swertia cordata (G. Don) Clarke Swertia petiolata D. Don Gentianaceae

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Swertia angustifolia Burkill: Swertia angustifolia var. angustifolia; Swertia angustifolia var. hamiltoniana Burkill

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  1. Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Hammad Ahmad Jan

  2. Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Wahid Hussain

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  4. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Jan, H.A., Hussain, W., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Swertia angustifolia Burkill Swertia chirayita Buch.-Ham. ex C.B. Clarke Swertia cordata (G. Don) Clarke Swertia petiolata D. Don Gentianaceae. 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_237

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