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- ↑ Arnelas, I.; Pérez-Collazos, E.; Devesa, J. A.; López, E.; Catalan, P. (2018). "Phylogeny of highly hybridogenous Iberian Centaurea L. (Asteraceae) taxa and its taxonomic implications". Plant Biosystems. 152 (5): 1182–1190. doi:10.1080/11263504.2018.1435569. S2CID 91020371.