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- ↑ Phytologia 34(3): 234 (1976), nom. (IK)
- ↑ Contr. Gray Herb. 206: 7. 1976 (IK)
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- ↑ Madroño 28(1): 30. 1981 (IK)
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- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Henrickson.
- "Author Details for James Solberg Henrickson" (HTML). International Plant Names Index . International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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