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        "name": "Barbula brachyaichme",
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        "name": "Barbula brunnea",
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        "name": "Barbula erubescens",
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        "name": "Barbula fragilis",
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      {
        "name": "Barbula hildebrandtii",
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      {
        "name": "Barbula leikipiae",
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        "name": "Barbula macowaniana",
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        "name": "Barbula meruensis",
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        "name": "Barbula oranica",
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        "name": "Barbula savatieri",
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        "name": "Barbula schmidii",
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        "name": "Barbula subrufa",
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        "name": "Barbula subspathulata",
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        "name": "Barbula trianae",
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        "name": "Syntrichia alpina f. inermis",
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        "name": "Syntrichia alpina var. inermis",
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        "name": "Syntrichia bipedicellata",
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        "name": "Syntrichia mutica",
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        "name": "Syntrichia pichinchensis",
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        "name": "Syntrichia pichinchensis",
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        "name": "Syntrichia pichinchensis",
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        "name": "Tortula brevitubulosa",
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        "name": "Tortula chiapensis",
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        "name": "Tortula fragilis",
        "authorship": "Taylor"
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        "name": "Tortula fragillima",
        "authorship": "Herzog"
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