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David H. Benzing, Christopher E. Dahle, The Vegetative Morphology, Habitat Preference and Water Balance Mechanisms of the Bromeliad Tillandsia ionantha Planch, The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 85, No. 1 (Jan., 1971), pp. 11-21
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