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  1. Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA

    Richard Evans Schultes

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

    A B Dixit

  3. University Of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, oh, 45267

    C. Dwayne Ogzewalla

  4. University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, FL

    James D. Skean

  5. The New York Botanical Garden, 10458, Bronx, NY

    Michael J. Balick

  6. Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, NY

    Natalie W. Uhl

  7. Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA

    Richard Evans Schultes

  8. Old Dominion University, 23529, Norfolk, VA

    Lytton J. Musselman & Lytton J. Musselman

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Lewis, W.H., Schultes, R.E., Dixit, A.B. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 42, 452–458 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860169

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