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basionym: Gymnostomum apophysatum Taylor legitimate

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Stoneburner, A.; Wyatt, R.E.; Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1993), Census of the mosses of Western Australia. The Bryologist 96: 93 [secondary reference]

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