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Agave americana L. Agavaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Andes

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Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot.; Agave felina Trel.; Agave gracilispina Engelm. ex Trel.; Agave melliflua Trel.; Agave rasconensis Trel.; Agave subzonata Trel.; Agave zonata Trel. ex Bailey; Aloe americana (L.) Crantz

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Romero, C. (2020). Agave americana L. Agavaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28933-1_11

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