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It isAbbreviations estimated thatof herbaria without should aggres fol- populationsSubmit all manuscripts can cause byinbreeding a registered depression mail to Editor- and Please contact the Secretary of the society. sivelow conservation Index Herbariorum. measures, about two-thirds of increasein-Chief, the Dr. risk Minoru of extinction N. Tamura, (Frankham Graduate School 2005). of References cited in the text should be arranged