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        <authority>Sako et al. 2003</authority>
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        <authority>Miroshnichenko et al. 2003 emend. Mori et al. 2004</authority>
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        <authority>Albuquerque et al. 2010 emend. García-López et al. 2019</authority>
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        <authority>(Tenreiro et al. 1995) Nobre et al. 1996</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.538" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.538" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.538">Meiothermus taiwanensis</identifier>
        <authority>Chen et al. 2002 emend. Jiao et al. 2022</authority>
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        <authority>Zhang et al. 2010</authority>
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        <authority>Yu et al. 2014</authority>
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            <surname>Nie</surname>
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        <issue>4</issue>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Zhang</surname>
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