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Ethnobotanically Important Species of Mexican Hyssop (Agastache, Lamiaceae) in Mexico

Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico

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Agastache aurantiaca (A. Gray) Lint & Epling:

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    Guadalupe Carrillo-Galván & Robert Bye

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Carrillo-Galván, G., Bye, R. (2022). Ethnobotanically Important Species of Mexican Hyssop (Agastache, Lamiaceae) in Mexico. In: Casas, A., Blancas Vázquez, J.J. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77089-5_24-1

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