new article accepted
- To: hosta list
- Subject: new article accepted
- From: z*
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:10:12 +0100
For those interested... The following scientific article has been
accepted and will be published this spring in Plant Biology.
Genome size and pollen viability as taxonomic criteria: application
to the genus Hosta. page 1-13 ( (machine typed, single spaced)
The main conclusions: The number of true species in Hosta is 23
all others are hybrids (or synonyms). Korean hosta can be
differentiated from Japanese Hosta by their lower DNA content.
Further details must await the factual publication By the way, apart
from several others, the main referees for the article were three
japanese scientists.
Ben J.M.Zonneveld
Clusius lab pobox 9505
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
mintemp-16C(5F)
Zonneveld@RULbim.LeidenUniv.NL
Fax: 31-71-5274999
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