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Maymyo: botanical gardens
Wollongong
Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
Longwood Gardens
Kew Gardens
Copenhagen University Botanical Garden
Okinawa
Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Desprez, Louis-Jean: Botanical Garden's conservatory
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John Bartram
American naturalist
Bernard de Jussieu, detail from an engraving
Bernard de Jussieu
French botanist

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