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952:Atlas of Living Australia, kerosene grasses,
808:fungus first described from three-awn grass
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193:Aristida adscensionis
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556:Aristida beyrichiana
383:is derived from the
684:β prairie three-awn
670:Aristida longespica
642:Aristida divaricata
597:Aristida capillacea
347:(bristles) on each
798:Puccinia aristidae
754:Aristida rufescens
725:β purple three-awn
678:Aristida oligantha
649:Aristida granitica
631:Aristida dichotoma
538:Aristida basiramea
531:Aristida anaclasta
447:grasslands around
391:", meaning "awn".
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316:Pineland three-awn
40:Purple three-awn,
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995:Taxon identifiers
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783:Aristida vaginata
740:Aristida refracta
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365:wiregrasses
243:Streptachne
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120:Commelinids
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1406:Categories
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878:Tropicos,
840:Tropicos,
818:References
443:, and the
412:A. stricta
361:three-awns
320:A. stricta
299:Aristopsis
275:Cyrtopogon
267:Curtopogon
160:Aristideae
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497:longiseta
482:-like or
461:livestock
441:Australia
433:elsewhere
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417:ecosystem
399:grassland
379:The name
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283:Moulinsia
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1200:gen00056
1161:Aristida
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1012:Wikidata
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924:Aristida
880:Aristida
868:in Latin
842:Aristida
791:See also
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472:Aristida
396:semiarid
381:Aristida
351:of each
341:Aristida
328:Aristida
270:P.Beauv.
262:P.Beauv.
254:P.Beauv.
235:Kielboul
226:Synonyms
216:Aristida
214:list of
206:Species
171:Aristida
136:Family:
107:Monocots
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573:Sesotho
504:Species
480:panicle
357:species
302:CatasΓΊs
278:Spreng.
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431:, and
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130:Poales
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294:Raf.
212:See
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