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- Landrum, LR. (1990). Accara: a new genus of Myrtaceae, Myrtinae from Brazil. Systematic Botany 15(2):221–225.
- Landrum, LR. (1991). Chamguava: a new genus of Myrtaceae (Myrtinae) from Mesoamerica. Systematic Botany 16(1):21–29.
- Landrum, LR. (1998). A new species of Calycolpus (Myrtaceae) from the Campos Rupestres, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Novon 8:244–246.
- Landrum, LR. (2002). Two new species of Campomanesia (Myrtaceae) from Espirito Santo and Bahia, Brazil. Brittonia 53(4):534–538.
- Naufel, Stephanie. "It's his birthday, he'll evolve if he wants to." ASU Web Devil, February 12, 2007. Accessed from https://web.archive.org/web/20070928070729/http://www.asuwebdevil.com/issues/2007/02/12/news/699712, February 25, 2007.
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