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306:Alternanthera brasiliana
197:Alternanthera brasiliana
187:Alternanthera brasiliana
159:Alternanthera brasiliana
25:Alternanthera brasiliana
671:Green leaves and flower
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284:Telanthera brasiliensis
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252:Gomphrena brasiliensis
223:Achyranthes brasiliana
620:Maroon-leaved variety
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378:Alternanthera dentata
276:Telanthera brasiliana
268:Philoxerus brasiliana
231:Alternanthera dentata
1214:Gomphrena brasiliana
335:purple alternanthera
239:Gomphrena brasiliana
589:environmental weeds
550:Trinidad and Tobago
226:(L.) Standl. (1915)
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315:metal weed
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179:Varieties
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426:temperate
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327:ruby leaf
319:bloodleaf
242:L. (1759)
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857:Q2840379
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