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Olacaceae

Olacaceae R. Br. (1818), nom. cons., emend. Nickrent et al. (2010); Schellenberg, Festschrift, Deut. Bot. Gesellsch. 50a: 136–145 (1932); Sleumer, Blumea 26: 145–168 (1980); Sleumer, Fl. Males. I, 10: 1–29 (1984); Sleumer, Fl. Neotropica 38: 1–159 (1984); Malécot et al., Syst. Bot. 29: 569–586 (2004).

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Olacaceae R. Br. (1818), nom. cons., emend. Nickrent et al. (2010); Schellenberg, Festschrift, Deut. Bot. Gesellsch. 50a: 136–145 (1932); Sleumer, Blumea 26: 145–168 (1980); Sleumer, Fl. Males. I, 10: 1–29 (1984); Sleumer, Fl. Neotropica 38: 1–159 (1984); Malécot et al., Syst. Bot. 29: 569–586 (2004).

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Kuijt, J., Hansen, B. (2015). Olacaceae. In: Flowering Plants. Eudicots. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09296-6_17

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