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  1. ST. Louis and Missouri Botanical Garden, Washington University, USA

    Dorothea Bedigian

  2. Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice ST., 96817–2704, Honolulu, HI

    George Staples

  3. Saint Martin’s College, 98503, Lacey, WA

    Alfredo Gomez-Beloz

  4. Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, 85743, Tucson, AZ

    Daniel E Austin

  5. University of WisconsiN-Oshkosh Oshkosh, 54901, Wisconsin, USA

    Neil A. Harriman

  6. University of Hawaii at Manoa, 96822, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Orou G. Gaoue

  7. University of Montana Missoula, 59812, MT, USA

    Stephen F. Siebert

  8. Missouri Botanical Garden, 63166–0299, ST. Louis, MO

    Wendy L. Applequist

  9. School of PHARMACY (School of Life Sciences), University of Bradford, Bd17Dp, Bradford, UK

    Andrea Pieroni

  10. University of Hawaii, 96822, Honolulu, HI

    Rainer Bussmann & Rainer Bussmann

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Bedigian, D., Staples, G., Gomez-Beloz, A. et al. Book Review. Econ Bot 58, 316–325 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0316:BR]2.0.CO;2

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