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December 31, 1877 (v1)

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Porzana spiloptera, sp. nov.

Durnford, Henry

115. PORZANA SPILOPTERA, sp. nov. (Plate III.) Zapornia spiloptera, Burm. MS. I have frequently ﬂushed a small Crake from the " Paja" and rough scrub near the river at Belgrano, but never been able to obtain a specimen. On the 25th August 1876, however, a gardener gave me a bird which his dog had caught in a garden at Belgrano, and which, I...

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The Ibis , A Quarterly Journal Of Ornithology.

Durnford, Henry

Durnford, Henry (1877): The Ibis , A Quarterly Journal Of Ornithology. In: nn. London: John Van Voorst, 1 Paternoster Row: 192-195, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22836713

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Imperata tenuis Hack.

Pinto, Bianca L. S. Welker, Cassiano A. D. Marzinek, Juliana

3.Imperata tenuisHack., Monogr. Phan. 6: 689. 1889. Figs 2 C, 2 D, 5 Type. Brazil • Minas Gerais: São João del-Rei, 1888, A. F. M. Glaziou 17442 (lectotype, designated here: W [W 1916-0034901 digital image!]; isolectotypes: K [K 000632952!, K 000632953!], P [P 00740687 digital image!, P 00740688 digital image!, P 00740689 digital image!], US...

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Published in Anatomy and micromorphology of Imperata (Poaceae, Andropogoneae) from Brazil and their taxonomic significance, pp. 155-178 in PhytoKeys, 279, 155-178, 2026.

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