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• Type: "Circa Port Jackson (Gaudich.!)."

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pro parte taxonomic synonym: Polygonum adpressum Labill. legitimate

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Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Polygonaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 282-283, Fig. 56e-f [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Lignum [n/a]

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Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Muhlenbeckia gracillima Meisn. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Lignum [n/a]

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