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• Type: Xanthophyllum Roxb.

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taxonomic synonym of: Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link nom. cons.

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taxonomic synonym of: Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link nom. cons.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link nom. cons.

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 688, 914, 935 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link nom. cons.

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