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Saussurea albescens (DC.) Sch. Saussurea lappa (Decne.) Sch. Bip Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Sch. Bip. Asteraceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Saussurea lappa (Decne.) Sch. Bip: Aucklandia costus Falc.; Saussurea costus (Falc.). Lipsch.

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  1. Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

    Shanta Budha-Magar

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

    Hassan Sher

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  4. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  6. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  7. United Nations Development Programme, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Ikram Ur Rahman

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Budha-Magar, S., Sher, H., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Ur Rahman, I. (2021). Saussurea albescens (DC.) Sch. Saussurea lappa (Decne.) Sch. Bip Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Sch. Bip. Asteraceae. 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_217-1

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