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References
- ↑ "Tabernaemontana palustris Markgr". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 22 May 2014– via The Plant List.
- ↑ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins , p. 258, at Google Books
- ↑ Duke, Alan James; Vasquez Martinez, Rodolfo (1994). Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 164. ISBN 0-8493-3664-3 . Retrieved 31 May 2014.
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