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An Ethnobotanical analysis of the tree species common to the subtropical moist forests of the petén, Guatemala
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Patrice A. Mutchnick, Brian C. Mccarthy (1997). An Ethnobotanical analysis of the tree species common to the subtropical moist forests of the petén, Guatemala. Economic Botany, 51(2), 158-183. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02893110
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