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1724:Halophytes
1683:Categories
1462:kew-111353
1457:Plant List
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957:2007-07-18
594:23 October
550:References
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332:is mostly
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160:Myrtales
137:Eudicots
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1060:21 July
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710:Telopea
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427:Ecology
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346:stamens
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452:Africa
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342:petals
338:sepals
326:bracts
279:Sieber
150:Rosids
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1601:58728
1588:75978
1496:SANBI
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1096:5 May
1081:(PDF)
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1635:IPNI
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1596:APNI
1483:POWO
1436:3400
1395:NCBI
1382:IUCN
1369:ITIS
1356:IPNI
1320:GRIN
1307:GBIF
1286:5850
1268:EPPO
1211:4727
1196:BOLD
1183:APNI
1098:2020
1085:ISBN
1062:2024
1009:2018
1002:USDA
980:2018
904:2020
878:2018
836:ISBN
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776:2020
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