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Alnus acuminata Kunth Betulaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Andes

Part of the book series: Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions ((ETMORE))

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Alnus acuminata var. ferruginea (Kunth) Regel; Alnus acuminata var. genuina Regel; Alnus acuminata var. mirbelii (Spach) Regel; Alnus acuminata var. spachii Regel; Alnus acutissima (H.J.P. Winkl.) Callier; Alnus arguta (Schltdl.) Spach; Alnus arguta var. punctata Regel; Alnus castaneifolia Mirb.; Alnus ferruginea Kunth; Alnus ferruginea var. aliso Griseb.; Alnus ferruginea var. aliso Lorentz & Hieron.; Alnus ferruginea var. obtusifolia Callier; Alnus jorullensis var. acuminata (Kunth) Kuntze; Alnus jorullensis var. castaneifolia (Mirb.) Regel; Alnus jorullensis var. ferruginea (Kunth) Kuntze; Alnus jorullensis var. mirbelii (Spach) H.J.P. Winkl.; Alnus jorullensis var. spachii Regel; Alnus lanceolata Phil.; Alnus lindenii Regel; Alnus mirbelii Spach; Alnus mirbelii var. acutissima (H.J.P. Winkl.) Callier; Alnus rufescens Liebm. ex Hemsl.; Alnus spachii (Regel) Callier; Betula arguta Schltdl.

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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). Alnus acuminata Kunth Betulaceae. 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_16-1

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