Re: Southern Iris species.

 

>My guess is that when the genetics are done on the LAs, the result will be similar to that of the PCIs and the Oncos. That >is, genetically they are so similar as to constitute a single species. "Species" is a human construct, lines that we've
>drawn to distinguish between groups of plants. Those lines may not mean a lot to the plants.
 
Rod,
     That would not surprise me a bit.  Do you know when the genetics are supposed to be complete?  One thing for sure is that my unknown is not a true Iris virginica because the rhizome and fan looks like that of the Hexagonae tribe.
 
Mark A. Cook
b*@bellsouth.net
Dunnellon, Florida. 
 
 

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