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Ethnobotany of the Andes pp 1–9Cite as

Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants Amaranthaceae

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Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants: Ambrina ambrosioides (L.) Spach; Ambrina parvula Phil.; Ambrina spathulata Moq.; Atriplex ambrosioides (L.) Crantz.; Blitum ambrosioides (L.) Beck.; Chenopodium ambrosioides fo. dentatum (Fenzl) Aellen; Chenopodium ambrosioides fo. genuinum (Willk.) Aellen; Chenopodium ambrosioides fo. integrifolium (Fenzl) Aellen; Chenopodium ambrosioides fo. pinnatifidum (Willk.) Aellen; Chenopodium ambrosioides fo. rotundatum Aellen; Chenopodium ambrosioides fo. spathulatum (Sieber ex Moq.) Aellen; Chenopodium ambrosioides L.; Chenopodium ambrosioides subsp. euambrosioides Aellen; Chenopodium ambrosioides var. costei Aellen; Chenopodium ambrosioides var. dentata Fenzl.; Chenopodium ambrosioides var. genuinum Willk.; Chenopodium ambrosioides var. integrifolium Fenzl; Chenopodium ambrosioides var. pinnatifidum Willk.; Chenopodium ambrosioides var. querciforme (Murr) Aellen; Chenopodium ambrosioides var. suffruticosum (Willd.) Graebn.; Chenopodium ambrosioides var. typicum (Speg.) Aellen; Chenopodium integrifolium Vorosch.; Chenopodium spathulatum (Moq.) Sieber ex Moq.; Chenopodium suffruticosum subsp. remotum Vorosch.; Chenopodium suffruticosum Willd.; Teloxys ambrosioides (L.) W.A. Weber

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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). Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants Amaranthaceae. 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_106-1

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