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  1. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 85743, Tucson, AZ

    Daniel F. Austin (Book Review Editor)

  2. St. Louis and Missouri Botanical Garden, Washington University, USA

    Dorothea Bedigian

  3. Biology Department, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 54901, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

    Neil A. Harriman

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

    Timothy J. Motley

  5. USDA—Agricultural Research Service, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    Robert W. Pemberton

  6. School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

    Eric P. Burkhart

  7. University of Hawaii at Manoa, 96822, Honolulu, HI

    Anthony Amend

  8. Department of Botany, University of Hawaii Manoa, 96822, Honolulu, HI

    Will Mc Clatchey

  9. The Pennsylvania State University, 16802–3404, University Park, PA

    Lee A. Newsom

  10. Missouri Botanical Garden, 63166-0299, St. Louis, MO

    Wendy L. Applequist

  11. Washington University School of Medicine, 63108, St. Louis, Missouri

    Karol Chandler-Ezell

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Austin, D.F., Bedigian, D., Harriman, N.A. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 58, 118–130 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0118:DFABRE]2.0.CO;2

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