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Agave americana L. Agavaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Andes

Part of the book series: Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions ((ETMORE))

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Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot.; Agave felina Trel.; Agave gracilispina Engelm. ex Trel.; Agave melliflua Trel.; Agave rasconensis Trel.; Agave subzonata Trel.; Agave zonata Trel. ex Bailey; Aloe americana (L.) Crantz

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  1. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana & Rainer W. Bussmann

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  4. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Carolina Romero

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  2. Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Romero, C. (2020). Agave americana L. Agavaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77093-2_11-1

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