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• Type: Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartling

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Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 272-273 [secondary reference]

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• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic, Tas, HI, MI

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