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  1. Department of Botany, University of Hawai’i at Mãnoa, 96822, Honolulu, HI

    My Lien T. Nguyen & My Lien T. Nguyen

  2. Anthropology Department, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, LA

    Janna Rose

  3. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 69011-970, Manaus, AM, Brazil

    Charles R. Clement

  4. Department of Biology, Duke University, 27708-0338, Durham, NC

    Mary Eubanks

  5. Horticultural Masterworks, 4044 SW 4th Street, 33317, Plantation, FL

    Derek Burch

  6. Old Pike Cottage, Old Pike, Staunton Glos., GL19 3QJ, UK

    Christie Allan

  7. Biology Department, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 54901, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

    Neil A. Harriman

  8. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA

    Eric P. Burkhart

  9. 6500 North Andrews Avenue, 33309, Fort Lauderdale, FL

    Kristine Stewart Keith & Schnars P. A.

  10. 223 Copland Crescent, Saskatoon SK, S7H 2Z4, Canada

    Alfred Slinkard

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

    Daniel F. Austin

  12. Department of Botany, University of Hawaii, 96822, Honolulu, HI

    Kevin D. Janni

  13. Old Pike Cottage, Old Pike, Staunton Glos., GL19 3QJ, UK

    Christie Allan

  14. School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, 16802, PA

    Eric P. Burkhart

  15. Dept.Biología Vegetal, Universidad de Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain

    D. Rivera

  16. Depto.Biologiá Aplicada, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain

    C. Obón

  17. Biology Department, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 54901, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

    Neil A. Harriman

  18. Department of Ecology and Natural Research Management, Agricultural University of Norway & Centre for Development and the Environment Univ. of Oslo, Norway

    Shivcharn S. Dhillion

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

    Daniel F. Austin

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Nguyen, M.L.T., Nguyen, M.L.T., Rose, J. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 57, 650–662 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0650:DFABRE]2.0.CO;2

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