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• Type: "Hab. in Luzonia."

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 197 [secondary reference]

Henty, E.E. (1969), Botany Bulletin, Department of Forests, Papua New Guinea 1: 57 [basionym]

basionym of: Cynodon dactylon subsp. arcuatus (J.Presl) J.Kern ex E.E.Henty legitimate

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Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Cynodon. Flora of Australia 44B: 309 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cynodon radiatus Roth ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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