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  1. University of Miami Coral Gables, 33124, FL

    Julia F. Morton

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, TW9 3AB, Kew Richmond, Surrey, England

    Ghillean T. Prance

  3. Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, The University of Edinburgh School of Agriculture, EH9 3JG, Edinburgh, Scotland

    J. B. Dent

  4. Research Agronomist/Seed Specialist, Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, P.O. Box 79, 0828, Berrimah, Northern Territory, Australia

    P. G. Harrison

  5. Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 213 East Grand Avenue, 94080, South San Francisco, CA

    Trish Flasher

  6. Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, T6G 2H4, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Leslie M. Johnson Gottesfeld

  7. Department of Biology, Washington University, 63130-4899, St. Louis, MO

    Memory Elvin-Lewis

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

    Bradley C. Bennett

  9. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Education Service National Plant Germplasm Repository, 13601 Old Cutlure Road, 33158, Miami, FL

    Robert J. Knight

  10. Department of Anthropology, University of California, 92521-0418, Riverside, CA

    E. N. Anderson

  11. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Cx. Postal 478, 69011, Manaus, AM, Brazil

    Charles R. Clement

  12. Usda Ars, 20705, Beltsville, MD

    James A. Duke & Pierre Dery

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Austin, D.F., Morton, J.F., Prance, G.T. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 48, 96–104 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02901391

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