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  1. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

    Julia F. Morton

  2. University of Ken tucky, Lexington, Kentucky

    Jerry M. Baskin

  3. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Bernard Lowy

  4. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

    Gregory J. Anderson

  5. Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

    Tony Swain

  6. 42 Long Ridge Road, Danbury, Connecticut

    R. G. Wasson

  7. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California

    Sam L. Vanlandingham

  8. Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, Oregon

    Dennis Swanger

  9. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

    Robert M. Lloyd

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Morton, J.F., Baskin, J.M., Lowy, B. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 33, 244–256 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858297

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