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  1. Roehampton Institute London, London, UK

    Cath Cotton

  2. Biology Department University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 54901, Oshkosh, WI

    Neil A. Harriman

  3. Route 1, Box 452, 53006, Brownsville, WI

    Margaret Anne Delfeld

  4. Department of Biology Reed College, 97202, Portland, OR

    Margie Mayfield

  5. Department of Biology, Antioch College, 45387, Yellow Springs, OH

    Dorothea Bedigian

  6. Department of Biology, Washington University, 63130, St. Louis, MO

    Walter H. Lewis

  7. Roehampton Institute London, School of Life Sciences, 15 3SN, London, SW, UK

    Cath Cotton

  8. Department of Biology, Florida Atlantic University, 33410, Boca Raton, FL

    Marguerite Koch

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Austin, D.F., Cotton, C., Harriman, N.A. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 51, 329–335 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862104

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