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References
- ↑ Tropicos, Thrasya Kunth
- ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1816. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: 120–121 in Latin
- ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1816. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: plate XXXIX (39) line drawing of Thrasya paspaloides
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ Burman, A. G. 1985 [1987]. The genus Thrasya H.B.K. (Gramineae). Acta Botanica Venezuelica 14(4): 7–93
- ↑ The Plant List search for Thrasya
- ↑ Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone. 2003. Thrasya. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 46: 613–616
- ↑ Nelson, C. H. 1978. Contribuciones a la flora de la Mosquitía, Honduras. Ceiba 22(1): 41–64.
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