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• Type: Amperea ericoides A.Juss.

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• Etymology: "After Jean-Jacques-Antoine Ampere, French historian, 1800-64."

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• Etymology: "After Jean-Jacques-Antoine Ampere, French historian, 1800-64."

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

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