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Based on a dissertation submitted to the Graduate Committee of Washington State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Part of the cost of publication was defrayed by National Science Foundation Grant GN-39.
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02909606.
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Wilson, F.D. Revision of Sitanion (Triticeae, Grameneae). Brittonia 15, 303–323 (1963). https://doi.org/10.2307/2805379
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