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• Type: "Hab. in locis umbrosis prope Benguela ac Loanda. Wawra. Coll. n. 244."

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common name: Heartseed Grass [n/a]

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 27 [secondary reference]

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