Shared and Separate Knowledge among Eight Cultural Groups Based on Ethnobotanical Uses of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) in Yunnan Province, China

Economic Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-202

  Georgian, Elizabeth ^a   Emshwiller, Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; cultural cohesion; cultural groups; Rhododendron; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906907980     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-013-9235-6     Document Type: Article

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