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Editorial for Volume 42 part 1 第42卷第1部分社论

Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12633

John Grimshaw

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Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12634

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Citrus A World History. By David J. Mabberley. Published in 2024 by Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, 272 pp., illustrated throughout. ISBN 978–0–500-02636-6 柑橘：世界历史。大卫·j·马伯利著。由伦敦泰晤士哈德逊有限公司于2024年出版，272页。，贯穿始终。ISBN 978-0-500-02636-6

Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12632

John Grimshaw

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1131. Copernicia macroglossa Schaedtler 1131. 哥白尼式大红骨沙德勒

Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12628

Andre Naranjo, Kanchi N. Gandhi, Larry Noblick, Julio Figueroa, Javier Francisco-Ortega, M. Patrick Griffith

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1132. Primula subpyrenaica Aymerich, López-Alvarado & Sáez 1132. 下比利牛斯灵长类动物Aymerich， Lopez -Alvarado & Saez

Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12626

David W. H. Rankin, Nicola Macartney

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1139. Euphorbia regis-jubae Webb & Berthel.

Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12622

Julià Molero Briones, Trinidad Arcos Pereira, María Dolores García de Paso Carrasco, J. Alfredo Reyes-Betancort, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Brett Jestrow, Julio Figueroa, Llorenç Sáez, Javier Francisco-Ortega

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1138. Salix magnifica Hemsl. 1138. 伟大的海姆斯。

Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-06 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12631

Irina V. Belyaeva, Christabel King

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1133. Encephalartos woodii Sander

Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-06 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12629

Brendan Sayers, Michael Calonje, Siobhán Larkin

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1136. Fritillaria frankiorum R. Wallis & R.B. Wallis 1136. 白贝母R. Wallis & R.B. Wallis

Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-06 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12630

Robert Wallis, Joanna Langhorne, Martyn Rix

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1134. Cynorkis sanguinolenta Hermans, L.Gaut. & P.J.Cribb

Curtis's Botanical Magazine Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1111/curt.12627

Johan Hermans, Laurent Gautier, David Prehsler, Landy Rajaovelona, Phillip Cribb, Margareta Pertl, Andrew Brown

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