Is cultivation of Saussurea costus (Asterales: Asteraceae) sustaining its conservation?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Threatened Taxa
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0974-7907,0974-7893
DOI: 10.11609/jott.3581.11.13.14745-14752