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Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg. Thymelaeaceae

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Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg.: Gnidia eriocephala Meisn.; Gnidia rivae Gilg; Gnidia volkensii Gilg; Lasiosiphon eriocephalus (Wall. ex J. Graham) Decne.; Lasiosiphon eriocephalus var. zeylanicus Meisn.; Lasiosiphon glaucus Fresen.; Lasiosiphon rivae (Gilg) H. Pearson

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg. Thymelaeaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_87

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