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- ↑ Claudia Dreifus (4 June 2002). "A CONVERSATION WITH: RUTH KIEW; Begonias and Beyond: A Voice For the Tropical Forests". The New York Times . Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ "National Tropical Botanical Garden - awards". National Tropical Botanical Garden . Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Kiew.
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