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

    Daniel F. Austin

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

    Richard Felger

  3. Washington University School of Medicine, 63108, St. Louis, MO

    Karol Chandler-Ezell

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

    Michael J. Balick

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Austin, D.F., Felger, R., Chandler-Ezell, K. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 59, 197–209 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0197:GONSHM]2.0.CO;2

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