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ON THE APPLICATION OF NOMENCLATURE TO THE TAXONOMY OF HYBRIDS
Author(s) -
Baum Bernard R.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1218924
Subject(s) - taxon , hybrid , nomenclature , taxonomy (biology) , biology , avena , evolutionary biology , zoology , systematics , botany
Summary Hybrid formulas should only be used for indication of F 1 hybrids between different taxa. They should definitely not be used for relatively well established taxa even if those taxa are of hybrid origin, because of the unlikelihood of repetition of exactly all the conditions and all factors that have been involved in their creation, and therefore the improbability of their creation de novo . I became interested in the problem of the nomenclatural treatment of hybrids during my studies in the genus Avena (Gramineae). I should like to outline a more refined procedure to which I shall refer in my studies of both cultivated and wild groups. This procedure might also be useful for general application concerning nomenclatural treatment of hybrids.