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        "name": "Trigonella brahuica",
        "authorship": "Boiss."
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        "name": "Trigonella dicarpa",
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      {
        "name": "Trigonella geminiflora",
        "authorship": "Boiss."
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      {
        "name": "Trigonella geminiflora",
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        "name": "Trigonella geminiflora var. curvata",
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      {
        "name": "Trigonella gemmiflora",
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        "name": "Trigonella hamaticarpa",
        "authorship": "Hausskn. & Bornm. ex Širj."
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      {
        "name": "Trigonella incisa",
        "authorship": "Royle ex Benth."
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        "name": "Trigonella incisa f. multiflora",
        "authorship": "Širj."
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      {
        "name": "Trigonella incisa var. geminiflora",
        "authorship": "(Bunge) Boiss."
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      {
        "name": "Trigonella macroglochin",
        "authorship": "Durieu"
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      {
        "name": "Trigonella monantha",
        "authorship": "C.A.Mey."
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      {
        "name": "Trigonella monantha f. integrata",
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        "name": "Trigonella monantha f. pinnatifida",
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        "name": "Trigonella monantha subsp. geminiflora",
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        "name": "Trigonella monantha subsp. incisa",
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        "name": "Trigonella monantha subsp. noeana",
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        "name": "Trigonella monantha var. brachycarpa",
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        "name": "Trigonella monantha var. macroglochin",
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        "name": "Trigonella noeana f. pedunculata",
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        "name": "Trigonella noeana f. tricarpa",
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        "name": "Trigonella noeana var. aleppica",
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        "name": "Trigonella noeana var. tricarpa",
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