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Acanthospermum hispidum DC. Asteraceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Brazil

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Acanthospermum humile var. Hispidum (DC.) Kuntze

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Pedrosa, K.M., de Lucena, C.M., Souza, R.S., da Cruz, D.D., de Lucena, R.F.P. (2023). Acanthospermum hispidum DC. Asteraceae. In: Farias Paiva de Lucena, R., Dias da Cruz, D. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Brazil. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87251-9_2

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