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Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don. Saxifragaceae

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Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don.: Astilbe indica (Blume) Backer; Astilbe speciosa Jungh.; Spiraea barbata Wall. ex Cambess.

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  1. Molecular Biotechnology Unit, Faculty of Science, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

    Ram C. Poudel

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  5. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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    Ripu M. Kunwar

  2. Center for Plant Sciences & Biodiversity, University of Swat, Pakistan, Udigram, Pakistan

    Hassan Sher

  3. Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Poudel, R.C., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don. Saxifragaceae. 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_30-1

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