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Quercus baloot Griff. Quercus dilatata Lindl Quercus incana W. Bartram Quercus lanata Sm. Fagaceae

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Quercus baloot Griff.: Quercus ilex L., Quercus ilicifolius Griff.

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  1. Asia Network for Sustainable Agri-Bioresources, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Nabin Joshi

  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. Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Hammad Ahmad Jan

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  6. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  7. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Joshi, N., Kunwar, R.M., Jan, H.A., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Quercus baloot Griff. Quercus dilatata Lindl Quercus incana W. Bartram Quercus lanata Sm. Fagaceae. 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_201

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