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Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis: Girardinia adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wed.; Girardinia condensata (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wedd.; Girardinia condensata var. adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) De Wild.; Girardinia erosa Decne.; Girardinia erosa var. occidentalis Leandri; Girardinia formosana Hayata ex Yamam.; Girardinia furialis Blume; Girardinia heterophylla (Vahl) Decne.; Girardinia heterophylla subsp. adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) Cufod.; Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne.; Girardinia longispica Hand.-Mazz.; Urtica adoensis Hochst. ex Steud.; Urtica condensata Hochst. ex Steud.; Urtica diversifolia Link.; Urtica furialis Bojer ex Blume; Urtica heterophylla D. Don.; Urtica heteropohylla Vahl; Urtica palmata Forssk.
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Sapkota, P., Poudel, R.C., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis Urticaceae. 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_111
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