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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allpages>
      <p pageid="1682" ns="0" title="Bactris coloniata" />
      <p pageid="1688" ns="0" title="Bactris concinna" />
      <p pageid="1718" ns="0" title="Bactris gasipaes" />
      <p pageid="691" ns="0" title="Bactris gasipaes (Perzikpalm)" />
      <p pageid="1698" ns="0" title="Bactris hondurensis" />
      <p pageid="1702" ns="0" title="Bactris major" />
      <p pageid="1708" ns="0" title="Bactris mexicana" />
      <p pageid="1714" ns="0" title="Bactris militaris" />
      <p pageid="1716" ns="0" title="Bactris plumeriana" />
      <p pageid="1801" ns="0" title="Balaka seemannii" />
    </allpages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages apfrom="Banaanfamilie" />
  </query-continue>
</api>