Version 2.1, April 2003
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We express our appreciation to the following associates and correspondents who supplied fruits, seeds, or information: Frits Adema, Rijksherbarium, Leiden, The Netherlands; Shinobu Akiyama, Department of Botany, National Science Museum, Amakubo, Japan; Ana M. Arambarri, Jardin Botánico y Arboretum "C. Spegazzini," Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina; Bir Bahadur, Department of Botany, Kakatiya University, Warangal, India; Rupert C. Barneby, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY; Malcolm Beasley, Botany Library, The Natural History Museum, London, England; Earl Belcher (retired), Forest Service (USDA), National Tree Seed Laboratory, Dry Branch, GA; Frank A. Bisby, School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, England; Gilbert Bocquet, Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; R.K. Brummitt (retired), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England; W.C. Burger, Department of Botany, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL; J.F.M. Cannon, Herbarium, The Natural History Museum, London, England; Pan Chih-kang, Arboretum of the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Bejing, China; Anna Chrtková-Žertová, Botanical Institute, Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences, Pruhonice near Prague, Czech Republic; Richard S. Cowan (deceased), Western Australian Herbarium, Como, WA, Australia; M.D. Crisp, Division of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Marshall R. Crosby, Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium, St. Louis, MO; B. de Winter, National Herbarium, Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa; David J. Du Puy, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England; Hartmut Ern, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin Dahlem, Berlin, Germany; Paul R. Fantz, Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; David F. Farr, Agricultural Research Service (USDA), Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD; Robert Geesink (deceased), Rijksherbarium, Leiden, The Netherlands; Philippe Guinet, Laboratoire de Palynologie, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier, France; W.J. Hahn, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Walter Hando, Department of Botany, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; I.C. Hedge, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland; Patrick S. Herendeen, Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Chaia Clara Heyn (deceased), Department of Botany, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; Peter Hiepko, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin Dahlem, Berlin, Germany; Patricia K. Holmgren, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY; Helen C. Hopkins, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY; J.H. Hunziker, Departmento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Stephen J. Hurst, Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA), Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Beltsville, MD; Duane Isely (retired), Department of Botany, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Colin T. Johnson, Botany Department, University of Transkei, Umtata, Republic of South Africa; John M. Kingsolver, Systematic Entomology Laboratory (USDA), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; F. Krendl, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; Frances K. Kupicha (retired), Iden, Rye, East Sussex, England; James A. Lackey, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA), Riverdale, MD; Matt Lavin, Department of Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; M. Leppard, National Herbarium and National Botanic Garden, Salisbury, Zimbabwe; Nels Lersten, Department of Botany, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; G.P. Lewis, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England; Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Marli Pires Morim de Lima, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Aaron Liston, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Alicia Lourteig (retired), Laboratoire de Phanérogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Bruce R. Maslin, Western Australian Herbarium, South Perth, Australia; Nigel Maxted, School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England; Ivan C. Nielsen, Herbarium, Botanical Institute, Risskov, Denmark; Magdalena Peña Muñoz, Departamento de Botánica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciadad de México, DF, México; Hiroyoshi Ohashi, Biological Institute, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Richard J. Pankhurst, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland; Les Pedley, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane, Australia; R.T. Pennington, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland; Dieter Podlech, Institut für Systematische Botanik, Universität München, München, Germany; Roger M. Polhill (retired), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England; Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO; Thekla Reichstein, Botanic Garden, Adelaide, Australia; M. de Lourdes Rico-Arce, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England; Amy Y. Rossman, Agricultural Research Service (USDA), Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD; Velva E. Rudd (retired), Reseda, CA; C.K. Ruffo, Silviculture Research, Forest Division, Lushoto, Tanzania; Alfonso Delgado Salinas, Departamento de Botánica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciadad de México, DF, México; Bernice Schubert, Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Charles F. Simpson, USDA/ARS, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Stephenville, TX; Ernest Small, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada; Andrey Sytin, V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; K. Thothathri, Botany Field Research Laboratory, Madras University, Madras, India; B.L. Turner (retired), Botany Department, University of Texas, Austin, TX; L.J.G. Van Der Maesen, Department of Plant Taxonomy, Landbouwuniversiteit, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Ben-Erik Van Wyk, Department of Botany, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa; José Francisco M. Valls, CENARGEN, EMBRAPA, Brasília, DF, Brazil; Bernard Verdcourt (retired), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England; J.E. Vidal, Laboratoire de Phanérogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Leslie Watson, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; John H. Wiersema, Agricultural Research Service (USDA), Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD; Richard P. Wunderlin, Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; T.T. Yü, Institute of Botany, Academia Smica, Beijing, China; and, James Zarucchi, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
We also express our appreciation to Lynda E. Chandler, Lisa M. Bell, Peter Alsberg, Karen Parker, and Leslie Ann Gilbert for preparation of the drawings. Lynda E. Chandler, Karen Parker, and James Plaskowitz prepared scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. Karen Parker and James Plaskowitz prepared the fruit and seed photographs. Michael Jeffe prepared the fruit drawings superimposed on the CD-ROM and cover of the booklet; Carole A. Ritchie assisted in preparing the character list; and Doris Mason entered the data into the computer. Special thanks go to Leslie Ann Gilbert for scanning the illustrative materials.
We thank the beta testers for their helpful comments and suggestions: Deborah Meyer, Jennifer Neudorf, Robert Price, Vijay Raman, and Gregory Stull.
Authors: J.H. Kirkbride, Jr., C.R. Gunn, A.L. Weitzman, M.J. Dallwitz, K.R. Thiele
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