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What Really Is “Harávola”—Solving the Mystery of the Most Common Basket Material in Madagascar

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the participation of MBG staff at Ibity.

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This study was funded by endowment funds of the William L. Brown Center at Missouri Botanical Garden, for which we are grateful.

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  1. Saving Knowledge, Casilla, 13092, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  2. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  3. Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG), Research and Conservation Program Madagascar, B.P. 3391, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

    Tabita Randrianarivony, Tefy H. Andriamihajarivo, Fortunat Rakotoarivony & Nivo H. Rakotoarivelo

  4. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA

    Armand Randrianasolo

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All authors share the contributions to the fieldwork of this manuscript. RWB wrote the manuscript.

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In the case of interviews with grass users and market venders, we followed the International Society for Ethnobiology Code of Ethics (ISE 2006), and under the framework provided by the “Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their use of the Convention on Biological Diversity.”

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Randrianarivony, T. et al. What Really Is “Harávola”—Solving the Mystery of the Most Common Basket Material in Madagascar. Econ Bot 72, 357–359 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-018-9420-8

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