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“It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend.”

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Asa Gray was a prominent American botanist born on November 18, 1810, and died on January 30, 1888. He made significant contributions to the fields of plant taxonomy, plant geography, and plant morphology. more

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