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Much of the preparation of this review paper was undertaken while the junior author was a Rockefeller Fellow in the Natural Sciences of the National Research Council.

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Stewart, W.N., Delevoryas, T. The medullosan pteridosperms. Bot. Rev 22, 45–80 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02872456

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