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376:three-flower beggarweed
353:vegetative reproduction
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523:Swaziland fingergrass
400:Australian jointvetch
244:green serangoon grass
236:Queensland blue couch
657:Cook, B. G., et al.
404:Aeschynomene falcata
240:blue serangoon grass
213:Panicum tennuissimum
1221:Flora of Madagascar
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318:Digitaria ciliaris
314:southern crabgrass
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494:groundcover
490:golf course
469:Oligonychus
447:mastrevirus
288:Description
282:naturalized
253:petit gazon
140:Panicoideae
136:Subfamily:
110:Commelinids
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1205:Categories
1123:kew-408918
1118:Plant List
799:'Tropika'.
622:23 January
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545:References
527:subspecies
455:leafhopper
443:grey mould
364:fertilizer
270:introduced
266:Madagascar
232:blue couch
1211:Digitaria
988:GrassBase
962:FloraBase
850:Q13906170
504:Cultivars
482:livestock
466:of genus
416:lotononis
258:Mauritius
158:Species:
151:Digitaria
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1092:NSWFlora
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993:imp02951
844:Wikidata
780:Archived
758:Archived
384:glycines
374:such as
370:include
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294:rhizomes
197:Synonyms
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97:Monocots
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430:), and
390:spp.),
388:Glycine
372:legumes
332:Biology
307:grazing
298:stolons
274:pasture
262:RĂ©union
146:Genus:
130:Poaceae
116:Order:
58:Plantae
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889:104637
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250:, and
189:Willd.
120:Poales
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1058:40622
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954:DIGDI
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575:(xls)
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346:Frost
228:grass
104:Clade
91:Clade
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1079:NCBI
1053:ITIS
1027:IPNI
1001:GRIN
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884:APNI
624:2018
486:lawn
476:Uses
357:dung
296:and
278:turf
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