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A time for taxonomists to take the lead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Porter P. Lowry II
Porter P. Lowry II
Affiliation:
Head, Africa and Madagascar Department, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA, c/o Laboratoire de Phanérogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 16 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France e-mail: lowry@mobot.org
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Guest Editorial
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Oryx , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 273 - 274
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 2001

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