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Cyathea spinulosa Wall. ex Hook. Cyatheaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Cyathea spinulosa Wall. ex Hook.: Alsophila fauriei H. Christ; Alsophila spinulosa (Wall.ex Hook.) R.M. Tryon; Cyathea taiwaniana Nakai; Alsophila decipiens Jcott ex Bedd.; Amphicosmia decipiens (J. Scott ex Bedd.) Bedd.

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  1. Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Tribhuvan, Nepal

    Man K. Dhamala

  2. Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

    Dipak Khadka

  3. Golden Gate International College, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Dipak Khadka

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  5. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON), Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  7. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Dhamala, M.K., Khadka, D., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Cyathea spinulosa Wall. ex Hook. Cyatheaceae. 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_72

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