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Rakkyo or Ch’iao T’ou (Allium Chinense G. Don, Syn. A. bakeri Regel) a little known vegetable crop

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    Louis K. Mann (Professor of Vegetable Crops and Olericulturist in the Experiment Station)

  2. Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History), London

    William T. Stearn (Principal Scientific Officer)

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Mann, L.K., Stearn, W.T. Rakkyo or Ch’iao T’ou (Allium Chinense G. Don, Syn. A. bakeri Regel) a little known vegetable crop. Econ Bot 14, 69–83 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859367

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