Wine, beer, snuff, medicine, and loss of diversity - Ethnobotanical travels in the Georgian Caucasus

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 237-313

  Bussmann, Rainer W ^a   Paniagua Zambrana, Narel Y ^b   Sikharulidze, Shalva ^c   Kikvidze, Zaal ^d   Kikodze, David ^c   Jinjikhadze, Tamar ^c   Shanshiashvili, Tamaz ^c   Chelidze, Dato ^c   Batsatsashvili, Ketevan ^c   Bakanidze, Nicki ^c  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^d ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

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EID: 84904418823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.12.0.237-313     Document Type: Article

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