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- ↑ Barbhuiya, Hussain Ahmed; Gogoi, R (2010). "Plant collections from Bangladesh in the Herbarium at Shillong (Assam), India". Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 17 (2): 141–165. doi:10.3329/bjpt.v17i2.6695.
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