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- ↑ Clokey, Ira Waddel (1951). Flora of the Charleston Mountains, Clark County, Nevada. University of California Press. p. 274.
- ↑ "Clokey, Ira Waddel (1878-1950)". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
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- ↑ "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Clokey.
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