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1112:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
1230:. South African Botanical Diversity Network.
560:The examples and perspective in this article
535:. It also has decent nutrient qualities as a
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780:Digitaria divaricatissima var. macractinia
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598:Learn how and when to remove this message
959:– hairy crabgrass, large crabgrass
722:– summer grass, southern crabgrass
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1303:Germplasm Resources Information Network
1275:Integrated Taxonomic Information System
1224:Checklist of grasses in Namibia, Part 3
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1221:Klaassen, E.S.; Craven, P. (2003).
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527:. Fonio has been widely used as a
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917:– twospike crabgrass
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840:– Jamaican crabgrass
829:– longleaf crabgrass
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992:– dwarf crabgrass
906:– naked crabgrass
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889:Digitaria milanjiana
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1401:Digitaria (Poaceae)
1247:on 21 November 2008
1197:"Weed Killer Guide"
1169:"New subspecies of
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856:Digitaria insularis
851:– Black fonio
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