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References
- ↑ Bojer, Wenceslas ex Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 93 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Centauropsis Bojer ex DC.
- ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
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