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- ↑ Title New and noteworthy plants from the northern Italian ricefields Mitteilungen aus dem Botanischen Museum der Universität Zürich Nr. 267Wetzikon : Rotach. OCLC : 637777593
- ↑ Christopher D. K. Cook SPB Academic Pub., 1996 - Aquatic ecology - 228 pages
- ↑ Cook, C.D.K. (1989) A Revision of the Genus Monochoria. In: Tan, K., Mill, R.R. and Elias, T.S., Eds., Plant Taxonomy, Phytogeography and Related Subjects, the Davis and Hedge Festschrift, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 149-184.
- ↑ "Fairchild Medal". National Tropical Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. C.D.K.Cook.
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