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• Type: "Habitat in India orientali. ... (v.s.)"

Anonymous (1988), The 1987-88 Annual Report of the Botany Branch and the Queensland Herbarium. Botany Focus: 25 [secondary reference]

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• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

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