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Richard Kenneth Brummitt (1937 – 2013)

Kew Bulletin volume 69, Article number: 9522 (2014) Cite this article

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Acknowledgements

In addition to those quoted in the text, we thank the many people who shared their memories of Dick: Neil Brummitt, Marie Briggs, Mark Coode, Kaj Vollesen, Maria Vorontsova. An interview held in the Kew Archives (QX 10-0012A Oral History Interview with Dick Brummitt, 7 June 2010) proved invaluable for insights from Dick himself.

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Challis, K., Belyaeva, I. Richard Kenneth Brummitt (1937 – 2013). Kew Bull 69, 9522 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-014-9522-0

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