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Apteranthes europaea (Guss.) Murb. Caralluma europaea (Guss.) N.E.Br., Caralluma europaea f. parviflora Mayor, Caralluma europaea subsp. gussoneana (JCMikan) Mayor, Caralluma europaea subsp. maroccana (Hook.f.) Mayor, Caralluma europaea var. affinis (De Wild.) A. Berger, Caralluma europaea var. Albotigrina Mayor, Caralluma europaea var. barrueliana Mayor, Caralluma europaea var. confused (Font Quer) Font Quer, Caralluma europaea var. deceiving Maire, Caralluma europaea var. gattefossei Mayor, Caralluma europaea var. marmaricensis A.Berger, Caralluma europaea var. maroccana (Hook.f.) Shepherd, Caralluma europaea var. micrantha mayor, Caralluma europaea var. schmuckiana Gattef. & Mayor, Caralluma europaea var. Simonis (A.Berger) A.Berger, Caralluma europaea var. sad Maire. (WFO 2023).
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Elachouri, M., Idrissi, A., Fakchich, J., Ouassou, H., Kharchoufa, L., Bnouham, M. (2023). Caralluma europaea (Guss.) N.E.Br. Apocynaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W., Elachouri, M., Kikvidze, Z. (eds) Ethnobotany of Northern Africa and Levant. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13933-8_35-1
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