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959:Wikispecies
604:Large shrub
458:Cultivation
452:Ponta Garça
350:Description
344:honeysuckle
137:Angiosperms
1772:Categories
1509:kew-318839
1504:Plant List
1298:Calflora:
895:1 December
804:2017-08-16
779:14 January
740:8 December
722:USDA, NRCS
666:18 October
622:References
616:Small tree
448:São Miguel
444:the Azores
440:California
405:Mozambique
1614:Q38534007
1348:FloraBase
1015:242414464
950:Q65950339
368:evergreen
201:Species:
194:Tecomaria
107:Kingdom:
1737:Tropicos
1703:10209771
1690:108625-1
1608:Wikidata
1569:VicFlora
1556:Tropicos
1483:2.135757
1470:82858988
1431:10914927
1418:111129-1
1257:Q2353807
1251:Wikidata
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1199:Tropicos
1080:10205067
1067:111333-1
944:Wikidata
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497:sunbirds
413:Tanzania
401:Eswatini
246:Synonyms
179:Family:
173:Lamiales
163:Asterids
150:Eudicots
62:IUCN 3.1
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1664:3172491
1561:3700906
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536:Habitus
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1265:AoFP:
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1142:199622
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1093:522404
1054:286772
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438:, and
432:Hawaii
421:Angola
419:, and
409:Malawi
385:orange
381:flower
340:native
336:family
322:, the
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233:Thunb.
1698:IRMNG
1651:99GQ2
1625:48324
1548:55791
1522:TECA8
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1426:IRMNG
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1191:718-1
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1075:IRMNG
1041:80118
1002:99VTR
989:82985
889:(PDF)
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577:Shrub
364:shrub
237:Spach
157:Clade
144:Clade
131:Clade
118:Clade
1724:POWO
1711:ITIS
1685:IPNI
1677:7183
1672:GRIN
1659:GBIF
1633:APNI
1530:POWO
1465:IUCN
1452:ITIS
1413:IPNI
1387:GRIN
1379:1591
1374:GISD
1361:GBIF
1335:EPPO
1301:9419
1286:APNI
1173:POWO
1165:8630
1129:2824
1101:NCBI
1088:ITIS
1062:IPNI
1036:GRIN
1023:GBIF
984:APNI
897:2018
872:2021
825:ISBN
781:2018
742:2015
668:2023
651:2020
590:Maui
502:The
1750:WFO
1646:CoL
1582:WFO
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