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- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1860. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 177-178 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Isonandra montana (Thwaites) Gamble
- ↑ Vascular Plant Image Library, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Isonandra montana (Thw.) Gamble - Sapotaceae
- ↑ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins , p. 239, at Google Books
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