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        "name": "Amblystegium kochii",
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        "name": "Amblystegium kochii f. crassicostatum",
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        "name": "Amblystegium kochii f. gracilescens",
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        "name": "Amblystegium kochii f. tenellum",
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        "name": "Amblystegium kochii var. longissimum",
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        "name": "Amblystegium kurdicum",
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        "name": "Amblystegium paludosum",
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        "name": "Amblystegium pseudoradicale",
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        "name": "Amblystegium pseudoriparium",
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        "name": "Amblystegium riparium var. kochii",
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        "name": "Amblystegium riparium var. schultzii",
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        "name": "Amblystegium riparium var. trichopodium",
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        "name": "Amblystegium schensianum",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal."
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        "name": "Amblystegium trichopodium",
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        "name": "Amblystegium trichopodium subsp. kochii",
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        "name": "Amblystegium trichopodium var. kochii",
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        "name": "Amblystegium varium var. paludosum",
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        "name": "Brachythecium abruptinerve",
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        "name": "Hygroamblystegium varium var. humile",
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        "name": "Hypnum humile",
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