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Showing Helicteres sphaerotheca
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- sphaerotheca(sp.)
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Type: Australia, N.T., Arnhem Hwy, 300 m E of West Branch of West Alligator R, 4 January 1992, I.D.Cowie 2146 (Holotype: DNA; isotypes: AD, B, BRI, CANB, CNS, K, L, MEL, MO, NSW, NT, NY, PERTH, SING).
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Etymology: "from the Greek, sphaera - a ball or globe and thece - a case or container, in reference to the globular capsule."
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APC Dist.: NT