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Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M. King & H. Rob. Asteraceae

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Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.): Ageratina trapezoides (Kunth) R.M. King & H. Rob; Eupatorium adenophora Spreng.; Eupatorium aenophorum Spreng; Eupatorium adenophorum var. peruvianum Harms; Eupatorium glandulosum Kunth; Eupatorium glandulosum Sch. Bip. ex Baker; Eupatorium padadendse Parish; Eupatorium trapezoideum Kunth.

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Siwakoti, M., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2020). Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M. King & H. Rob. Asteraceae. In: Kunwar, R., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_14-1

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