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  1. North Carolina State University, 27695, Raleigh, NC

    Peter K. Bretting

  2. Saint Louis University, 63103, St. Louis, MO

    W. J. Leverich

  3. Northern Kentucky University, 41076, Highland Heights, KY

    John W. Thieret

  4. Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, IN

    Mary Eubanks

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

    Walter H. Lewis

  6. University of British Columbia, V6T 1W5, Vancouver, BC

    Alfred H. Siemens

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

    Alfred G. Hortmann

  8. University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario

    John C. Semple

  9. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794, Stony Brook, NY

    Sandra S. Cronauer

  10. Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA

    Richard Evans Schultes

  11. University of Massachusetts at Boston, 02125, Boston, MA

    Garrison Wilkes

  12. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794, Stony Brook, NY

    A. D. Krikorian

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Bretting, P.K., Leverich, W.J., Thieret, J.W. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 39, 534–545 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858761

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