Commercial and ethnic use of lichens in India

Economic Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-273

  Upreti, Dalip K ^a   Divakar, Pradeep K ^a   Nayaka, Sanjeeva ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Commercial and ethnic use; Conservation; Lichen

Indexed keywords

PARMELIACEAE; PHYSCIACEAE;

EID: 26444497513     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0269:CAEUOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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