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• Type: "In Suriname detexit Dominus Rolander,"

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Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 609 [secondary reference]

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

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