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Bryonia cretica subsp. dioica (Jacq.) Tutin.: Bryonia acuta var. sicula (Jan) Fiori & Paol.; Bryonia digyna Pomel; Bryonia dioica Jacq.; Bryonia dioica var. digyna (Pomel) Batt.; Bryonia dioica var. elongata Ten.; Bryonia dioica var. lutea Ser.; Bryonia dioica var. sicula Jan; Bryonia lutea Bast. ex Ser.; Bryonia nitida Link; Bryonia ruderalis Salisb.; Bryonia scarlatina Dumort.; Bryonia sicula Guss.; Bryonia tinei A.Huet ex Cogn (WFO 2023a).
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Idrissi, A., Bussmann, R.W., Elachouri, M. (2024). Bryonia cretica subsp. dioica (Jacq.) Tutin, Bryonia multiflora Boiss. & Heldr., Bryonia syriaca Boiss. – Cucurbitaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W., Elachouri, M., Kikvidze, Z. (eds) Ethnobotany of Northern Africa and Levant. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13933-8_56-1
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