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A Mural of Psychoactive Thorn Apples (Datura spp.) in the Ancient Urban Center of Teotihuacan, Central Mexico

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Acknowledgments

TF is grateful for helpful exchanges with Linda Manzanilla, Rubén Cabrera Castro, Diana Martínez Yrízar, Zoltan Paulinyi, Gabriela Uruñuela, Jesper Nielsen, and Christophe Helmke. This work was supported by UNAM-DGAPA-PAPIIT grants IA102415 and IA104717.

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Froese, T. A Mural of Psychoactive Thorn Apples (Datura spp.) in the Ancient Urban Center of Teotihuacan, Central Mexico. Econ Bot 74, 92–99 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-019-09485-w

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