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  1. Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA

    Richard Evans Schultes

  2. University of Colorado, 80309, Boulder, CO

    Robert A. Bye

  3. University of Miami, 33124, Coral Gables, FL

    Julia F. Morton

  4. Miami University, 45056, Oxford, OH

    W. Hardy Eshbaugh

  5. U.S. Department of Agriculture, La Jolla, CA

    Thomas W. Whitaker

  6. Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, IN

    Charles B. Heiser

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

    John W. Thieret

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

    Walter H. Lewis

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Schultes, R.E., Bye, R.A., Morton, J.F. et al. Book review. Econ Bot 39, 363–371 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858808

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