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- ↑ International Plant Names Index. V.E.Avet.
- ↑ Brummitt, R.K. and Powell, C.E. Authors of plant names: a list of authors of scientific names of plants, with recommended standard forms of their names, including abbreviations. New edition Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1991. 732 pages ISBN 0-947643-44-3 pps.38-39.
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