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  1. Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, Oregon

    Dennis Swanger

  2. State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York

    A. D. Krikorian

  3. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

    Robert M. Lloyd

  4. The University of Alabama, Alabama

    Robert R. Haynes

  5. Department of Botany, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois

    Timothy Plowman

  6. Biota of North America Committee, McKeesport, Pennsylvania

    John T. Kartesz

  7. State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York

    A. D. Krikorian

  8. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

    Walter H. Lewis

  9. Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana

    Joseph Ewan

  10. State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York

    A. D. Krikorian

  11. University of Alabama University, Alabama

    C. Earle Smith JR.

  12. Ohio University Athens, Ohio

    Robert M. Lloyd

  13. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

    Julia F. Morton

  14. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

    Rex L. Lowe

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Swanger, D., Krikorian, A.D., Lloyd, R.M. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 33, 90–100 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858223

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