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    <snapshot date="2024-04-22" date-formatted="April 22, 2024" time="22:00:15" time-formatted="22:00 PM" />
    <modified curator="Charles Parker" date="2018-07-11" date-formatted="July 11, 2018" time="16:18:43" time-formatted="16:18 PM" />
    <created curator="Charles Parker" date="2018-04-30" date-formatted="April 30, 2018" time="18:48:48" time-formatted="18:48 PM" />
    <public-note>This species name is illegitimate because the generic epithet is a later homonym of Didymococcus Blume under the Botanical Code.</public-note>
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