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  1. United States Department of Agriculture La Jolla, California

    Thomas W. Whitaker

  2. University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Herbert Jonas

  3. Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    B. Lowy, B. Lowy & B. Lowy

  4. University of Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana

    William D. Reese, William D. Reese & John W. Thieret

  5. Utah State University Logan, Utah

    Eldon J. Gardner & William S. Boyle

  6. University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba

    J. C. Ritchie

  7. Botanical Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Richard Evans Schultes, Richard Evans Schultes, Richard Evans Schultes & Richard Evans Schultes

  8. West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia

    Earl L. Core & Earl L. Core

  9. Canada Department of Agriculture Regina, Saskatchewan

    J. F. Alex

  10. University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma

    William T. Penfound

  11. Duke University Durham, North Carolina

    Weston La Barre

  12. Smithsonian Institution Washington, D. C.

    Richard S. Cowan

  13. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Harry E. Ahles

  14. University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin

    T. T. Kozlowski

  15. Cornell University Ithaca, New York

    John M. Kingsbury

  16. Smithsonian Institution Washingtotn, D. C.

    Wallace R. Ernst

  17. University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas

    Delbert M. Shankel

  18. Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, Missouri

    Edgar Anderson

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Whitaker, T.W., Jonas, H., Lowy, B. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 20, 326–348 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02904283

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