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Page 103
... America and the West Indies , Guiana crab tree ( Carapa guianensis ) , African cedar ( Khaya senegalensis ) of West Africa , Indian red- wood ( Soymida febrifuga ) , Chittagong wood ( Chikras- sia tabularis ) of the Indo - Burma region ...
... America and the West Indies , Guiana crab tree ( Carapa guianensis ) , African cedar ( Khaya senegalensis ) of West Africa , Indian red- wood ( Soymida febrifuga ) , Chittagong wood ( Chikras- sia tabularis ) of the Indo - Burma region ...
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... America and Eurasia . Of the 35 or more species , about ten occur in North America . Two of these , the quaking aspen and the balsam poplar , extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans . The other poplars of North America are more ...
... America and Eurasia . Of the 35 or more species , about ten occur in North America . Two of these , the quaking aspen and the balsam poplar , extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans . The other poplars of North America are more ...
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... America ; all these latter fossils found thus far were air - breathing land animals . Classification . Distinguishing taxonomic features . Six families and about two dozen subfamilies are identified by a limited number of characters ...
... America ; all these latter fossils found thus far were air - breathing land animals . Classification . Distinguishing taxonomic features . Six families and about two dozen subfamilies are identified by a limited number of characters ...
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