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Re: Line breeding vs hybridization

From: Lewandjim at aol.com on 2001.06.25 at 15:43:34(6874)
In a message dated 6/24/2001 8:36:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
edggon@hotmail.com writes:
<< Dear Jim,
+More
Now you put my brain in complete confusion. We must remember that the
link between cultivated and wild species is too narrow. >>
Hey Eduardo,
You misinterpret what I said. Linnaeus in his early taxonomic efforts treated
some domestic hybrids as "species" - the dog is NOT a species but a hybrid of
a mishmash of wolf subspecies plus ??? (who knows what)! It should not be
given a binomial epithet under international rules.
Even today many long named plant "species" are being recognized as
"non-species" of domestic or perhaps even naturally-occurring hybrids. The
best treatment of this subject that I know is given in Schmid's THE GENUS
HOSTA.
Jim Langhammer

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