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Zingiberales: References & Edit History

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  • Richard Eric Holttum
  • W. John Kress
    Head of Botany, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Media added. Dec 29, 2020
Added cross-references throughout. Dec 29, 2020
Invalidated site: NCBI. Feb 22, 2019
Add new Web site: Scholarship at Claremont - The Evolutionary and Biogeographic Origin and Diversification of the Tropical Monocot Order Zingiberales. Sep 12, 2018
Add new Web site: Zipcode Zoo - Zingiberales. Jun 20, 2011
Article revised and updated. Aug 25, 2008
Article added to new online database. Oct 19, 1998
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