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  1. Mercer Arboretum And Botanic Gardens, 77338, Humble, TX

    Stephen M. Young

  2. Miami University, 45056, Oxford, OH

    W. Hardy Eshbaugh

  3. State University of New York, 11794, Stony Brook, NY

    Abraham D. Krikorian

  4. Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA

    Richard Evans Schultes

  5. Texas A&I University, 78363, Kingsviixe, TX

    Peter Felker

  6. University of Colorado, 80309, Boulder, CO

    Robert A. Bye

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  8. Washington University, 63130, St. Louis, MO

    Gail E. Wagner

  9. 1206 Missouri Ave., 63122, Kirkwood, MO

    Robert Mck Bird

  10. North Carolina State University, 27695-7620, Raleigh, NC

    Peter K. Bretting

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Young, S.M., Eshbaugh, W.H., Krikorian, A.D. et al. Book Reviews. Econ Bot 40, 384–395 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858996

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