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        <authority>Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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        <authority>Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Falk et al. 1985</authority>
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        <authority>Lin et al. 2014</authority>
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        <authority>Sly and Stackebrandt 1999 emend. Guo et al. 2020</authority>
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        <authority>Lin et al. 2015 emend. Chung et al. 2015</authority>
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        <authority>Liu et al. 2011 emend. Jiang et al. 2014</authority>
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        <authority>Chen et al. 2018 emend. Li et al. 2021</authority>
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        <authority>Ruan et al. 2019 emend. Li et al. 2021</authority>
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        <authority>Zhang et al. 2003</authority>
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