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Amaranthus hybridus L. Amaranthus spinosus L. Amaranthaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Amaranthus hybridus L.: Amaranthus chlorostachys var. hybridus S. Watson, Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd., Amaranthus cruentus L., Amaranthus hecticus Willd, Amaranthus hybridus var. chlorostachys Beck, Amaranthus hybridus var. quitensis (Kunth) Covas, Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., Amaranthus laetus Willd., Amaranthus paniculatus L., Amaranthus quitensis Kunth, Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. quitensis (Kunth) Bolós & Vigo, Amaranthus retroflexus var. chlorostachys A. Gray, Amaranthus retroflexus var. hybridus A. Gray, Amaranthus strictus Willd., Galliaria hybrida (L.) Nieuwl.

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  4. Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

    Grace N. Njoroge

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Amaranthus hybridus L. Amaranthus spinosus L. Amaranthaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_15

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