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- ↑ "Johan Hermans". www.kew.org. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ↑ "Orchids of Madagascar". blackwells.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ↑ Carrington, Damian (17 December 2020). "'Ugliest orchid in the world' among 2020's new plant discoveries". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ↑ "Top 10 species new to science in 2020". www.kew.org. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ↑ IPNI. Hermans.
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