An initial industrial flora: A framework for botanical research in cooperation with industry for biodiversity conservation

• Rima D. Lucardi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rima D. Lucardi, Chelsea E. Cunard, Steven C. Hughes, Travis D. Marsico

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Rima.Lucardi@USDA.gov (RDL); TMarsico@astate.edu (TDM)

  Affiliation Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8851-2494

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• Chelsea E. Cunard ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rima D. Lucardi, Chelsea E. Cunard, Steven C. Hughes, Travis D. Marsico

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States of America

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• Steven C. Hughes ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rima D. Lucardi, Chelsea E. Cunard, Steven C. Hughes, Travis D. Marsico

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, The Herbarium at the University of Georgia, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Kevin S. Burgess ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jennifer N. Reed ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States of America

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• Lauren E. Whitehurst ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, United States of America

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• Samantha J. Worthy ,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Biology, University of Maryland, Maryland, United States of America

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, United States of America

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• Travis D. Marsico

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rima D. Lucardi, Chelsea E. Cunard, Steven C. Hughes, Travis D. Marsico

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Rima.Lucardi@USDA.gov (RDL); TMarsico@astate.edu (TDM)

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States of America

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