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220:Description
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110:Commelinids
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781:Plant List
537:5 November
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378:References
340:New Mexico
290:lunelliana
214:Cyperaceae
179:L.H.Bailey
130:Cyperaceae
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316:temperate
294:F.J.Herm.
276:laxifolia
266:laxifolia
148:Species:
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368:List of
362:See also
352:Maryland
348:Delaware
344:Virginia
324:Manitoba
305:in 1915.
292:(Mack.)
255:synonyms
241:Taxonomy
226:rhizomes
126:Family:
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332:Montana
328:Ontario
296:in 1936
282:in 1909
206:tussock
204:, is a
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336:Texas
303:Mack.
288:var.
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210:sedge
141:Carex
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