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- ↑ Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1902. Just's botanischer Jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes Repertorium der botanischen Literatur aller Lander 28(1): 475
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- ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist [ permanent dead link ]
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