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Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf Poaceae

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Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf: Abdropogon cerifer Hack.; Andropodon citratus DC.; Andropogon citratus DC. ex Nees; Andropogon citriodorum hort ex Desf.; Andropogon nardus subsp. ceriferus (Hack.) Hack.; Andropogon roxburghii Nees ex Steud.; Andropogon schoenanthus L.; Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle; Cymbopogon nardus subvar. citratus (DC.) Roberty

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  1. The Resource Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Kalyan Gauli & Shiva Kumar Sharma

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON), 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 & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  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. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Swat, Mingora, Pakistan

    Hassan Sher

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Gauli, K., Sharma, S.K., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf Poaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6_73

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