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A quarter of a century at The New York Botanical Garden

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Personal reflections are given on 25 years at The New York Botanical Garden working on the taxonomy of the Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae, the flora of the Amazon region, and in latter years being responsible for directing the scientific program.

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  1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, TW9 3AB, Richmond, Surrey, England

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Prance, G.T. A quarter of a century at The New York Botanical Garden. Brittonia 48, 379–385 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02805306

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