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- ↑ Dennstedt, August Wilhelm Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries
- ↑ Goethes Werke, Part 3 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- ↑ Zeno.org Goethes Gespräche. Herausgegeben von Woldemar Freiherr von Biedermann, Band 1–10, Leipzig 1889–1896, Band 10.
- ↑ IPNI List of botanical taxa described by Dennstedt
- ↑ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2 by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Dennst.
- ↑ Google Search published works
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