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  1. United States Forest Service, 84606–1856, Provo, UT

    Susannah Fulton

  2. Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, 63130-4899, St. Louis, MO

    Sarah C. Walshaw

  3. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 91711, Claremont, CA

    M. Patrick Griffith

  4. International Agri-Forestry, Development Consultant, 95605, Bryte, California

    Henry Gacia-Alvarez

  5. University of Mississippi, 38655, Oxford, MS

    Edward M. Croom

  6. University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 96822, Honolulu, HI

    My Lien T. Nguyen

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

    Eric P. Burkhart

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

    Karol Chandler-Ezell

  9. Ferris State University, 49307, Big Rapids, MI

    Robert J. Krueger

  10. Middle Tennessee State University, 37132, Murfreesboro, TN

    Thomas E. Hemmerly

  11. University of Wisconsin—Oshkosh, 54901, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

    Neil A. Harriman

  12. Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, 63166-0299, St. Louis, Missouri

    Gregory Gust

  13. Cuny Plant Sciences, 10468, Bronx, NY

    Kurt Allerslev Reynertson

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

    Daniel F. Austin

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Fulton, S., Walshaw, S.C., Griffith, M.P. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 58, 486–497 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0486:DFABRE]2.0.CO;2

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