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- ↑ "Centro de Estudios Amientales y de Bioversidad". Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Dra. Margaret Dix: Curriculum Vitae" (in Spanish). UVG, Guatemala. Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ Anna-Claire Bevan (30 March 2014). "Guatemala's treasured Lake Atitlán is dying". The Tico Times. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "News From MO: 2000". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. M.A.Dix.
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