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  1. Washington University, St. Louis and Missouri Botanical Garden

    Dorothea Bedigian

  2. Conservation & Science Department, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 85743, Tucson, AZ

    Daniel F. Austin

  3. Department of Botany, NC State University, 27695, Raleigh, NC

    Isaac S. Bruck

  4. Biology Department, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 54901, Oshkosh, WI, USA

    Neil A. Harriman

  5. Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, 23529-0266, Norfolk, VA

    Lytton John Musselman

  6. Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

    Sandra K. Austin

  7. 3810 Old Lexington Road Athens, 30605-4149, GA

    James Box

  8. Drylands Institute, 2509 North Campbell Avenue Tucson, PMB 405, 85719, AZ

    Richard Felger

  9. Department of Geography-Anthropology, University of Southern Maine, 04038, Gorham, ME

    Michael K. Steinberg

  10. Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, 23529-0266, Norfolk, VA

    Lytton John Musselman

  11. Drylands Institute, 2509 North Campbell Avenue, PMB 405, 85719, Tucson, AZ

    Richard Felger

  12. College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 54481, Stevens Point, WI

    Mai Morshadi

  13. Conservation & Science Department, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 85743, Tucson, AZ

    Daniel F. Austin

  14. Dipartimento Di Biologia, UniversitÀ Di Padova, 58/b 35121-Padova, via U. Bassi, Italy

    Maurizio G. Paoletti

  15. University of Aarhus, Denmark

    Henrik Balslev

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

    Walter H. Lewis

  17. Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Universidad de Murcia, 30100-Murcia, Spain

    D. Rivera

  18. Departamento de Biología Aplicada, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain

    C. Obón

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Austin, D.F., Bedigian, D., Austin, D.F. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 56, 401–415 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2002)056[0401:MELHAT]2.0.CO;2

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