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• Type: "(T. J.) v.v."

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common name: Small Knotweed [n/a]

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common name: Small Knotweed [n/a]

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common name: Small Knotweed [n/a]

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common name: Small Knotweed [n/a]

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common name: Small Knotweed [n/a]

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common name: Small Knotweed [n/a]

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common name: Small Knotweed [n/a]

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common name: Small Knotweed [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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common name: Small Knotweed [n/a]

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misapplied to: Polygonum arenastrum Jord. ex Boreau legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 589

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Polygonum plebejum F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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