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Re: Intergeneric Hybrids

From: "Bonaventure W Magrys" magrysbo at shu.edu> on 2000.06.17 at 00:39:38(4802)
Some large genera can be split into smaller groups and many seemingly diverse
genera are more closely related than we think, or at least member species
within
them. Witness the orchid Oncidium/Odontoglossum/Miltonia complex. All in all
taxonomy is a great deal an artificial system.
BWM

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