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The Ethnic Textile Use of Natural Fibers from Fireweed (Gerbera delavayi) in Southwest China

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no 31560086), the China Scholarship Council, and the Social Science Foundation of Kunming University of Science and Technology (no. kkz3201655009). We would like to extend our gratitude to Xingfu Zhang, Yongquan Zi, Chengchuan Ou, and Jie Zhang for assistance with field work, and AJ Harris for her critical reading.

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  1. Faculty of Architecture and City Planning, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China

    Wei Zheng

  2. Faculty of Art and Communication, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China

    Xiaodan Xu

  3. Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 166, P.O. Box 371012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USA

    Jun Wen

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Zheng, W., Xu, X. & Wen, J. The Ethnic Textile Use of Natural Fibers from Fireweed (Gerbera delavayi) in Southwest China. Econ Bot 71, 380–386 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-017-9394-y

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