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  1. Department of Biological Sciences Florida, International University, 33199, Miami, FL

    Bradley C. Bennett

  2. Fairchild Tropical Garden, 11935 Old Cutler Road, 33156, Miami, FL

    Bradley C. Bennett

  3. Yellow Springs, OH

    Dorothea Bedigian

  4. University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL

    Luke Utley

  5. Department Of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 33199, Miami, FL

    Bradley C. Bennett

  6. Fairchild Tropical Garden, 11935 Old Cutler Road, 33156, Miami, FL

    Bradley C. Bennett

  7. Department Of Botany, University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL

    Kristen Porter-Utley

  8. Yellow Springs, OH

    Dorothea Bedigian

  9. Tulane University, Department Of Anthropology, 1021 Audubon Street, 70118, New Orleans, LA

    Darron Collins

  10. Botany Department, University Of Florida, 32601, Gainesville, FL

    Julie Ann Ferguson Demers

  11. Department Of Biology, Reed College, 97202, Portland, OR

    Margaret Mayfield

  12. Mesozoic Landscapes, Inc., 7667 Park Lane, 33467, Lake Worth, FL

    Richard Moyroud

  13. Biology Department, University Of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 54901, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US

    Neil A. Harriman

  14. Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 2912 College Avenue, 33314, DaVie, Florida

    John C. Volin

  15. Department Of Botany, Liverpool Museum, Liverpool L3 8En, UK

    John Edmondson

  16. School Of Life Sciences, Roehampton Institute London, 15 3SN., London, SW, UK

    Cath Cotton

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Bennett, B.C., Bedigian, D., Utley, L. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 52, 111–120 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861304

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