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Escontria chiotilla (F. A. C. Weber ex K. Schum.) Rose Cactaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico

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Cereus chiotilla A. Weber ex K. Schum.; Myrtillocactus chiotilla (F. A. C. Weber) P. V. Heath

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The authors thank the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT research project A1-S-14306), Mexico, the Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico (DGAPA, UNAM, research project IN206520), and the Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO, research project RG023) for financial support.

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    Alejandro Casas

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Casas, A. (2022). Escontria chiotilla (F. A. C. Weber ex K. Schum.) Rose Cactaceae. In: Casas, A., Blancas Vázquez, J.J. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77089-5_36-1

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