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• Type: Bixa orellana L.

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• Type: Bixa orellana L.

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 2: 1053 [secondary reference]

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George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Bixaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 85 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Bixaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 158 [secondary reference]

Poppendieck, H.H. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Bixacae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 34 [secondary reference]

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