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Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. Apiaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Andes

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Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.: Centella asiatica var. floridana (J.M. Coult. & Rose) J.M. Coult. & Rose; Centella biflora (P. Vell.) Nannf.; Centella coriacea Nannf.; Centella dusenii Nannf.; Centella erecta (L. f.) Fernald; Centella floridana (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Nannf.; Centella hirtella Nannf.; Centella repanda (Pers.) Small; Centella var. floridana (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Small; Centella triflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Nannf.; Glyceria repanda (Pers.) Nutt.; Hydrocotyle asiatica fo. luxurians Donn. Sm.; Hydrocotyle asiatica L.; Hydrocotyle biflora P. Vell.; Hydrocotyle brasiliensis Scheidw. ex Otto & F. Diertr.; Hydrocotyle brevipedata St. Lager & St.-Lag.; Hydrocotyle erecta L. f.; Hydrocotyle ficariifolia Stokes; Hydrocotyle ficarioides Lam.; Hydrocotyle ficarioides Michx.; Hydrocotyle inaequipes DC.; Hydrocotyle lurida Hance; Hydrocotyle nummularioides A. Rich.; Hydrocotyle reniformis Walter; Hydrocotyle repands Pers.; Hydrocotyle sylvicola E. Jacob Cordemoy; Hydrocotyle triflora Ruiz & Pav.

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  1. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana & Rainer W. Bussmann

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  4. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Carolina Romero

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Romero, C. (2020). Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. Apiaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77093-2_61-1

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