Plant Diversity in Hmong and Mien Homegardens in Northern Thailand

Economic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-206

  Srithi, Kamonnate ^a   Trisonthi, Chusie ^a   Wangpakapattanawong, Prasit ^a   Srisanga, Prachaya ^b   Balslev, Henrik ^c  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Herbarium   (Thailand)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Backyard gardens; culturally important plants; floristic composition; food plants; medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862159798     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-012-9199-y     Document Type: Article

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