Abstract
ONE of the most important developments of botanical research in New Zealand of recent years, since it concerns not only taxonomy but also the question of evolution, is that of the study of wild hybrids. Evidence has rapidly accumulated as to the prevalence of polymorphic swarms of wild hybrids in several sections of the flora. Whereas (Trans. N.Z. Inst., 44, 1912, 30) Cockayne stated, “Hardly anything is known as to the occurrence of wild hybrids in New Zealand,” he was able later (New Phytol., 22, 1923, 124) to list 130 certain or extremely probable groups of interspecific hybrids. The number has since been considerably augmented, and now stands well above 200. The following table is illuminating, taking only the monocotyledons and dicotyledons.
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COCKAYNE, L., ALLAN, H. The Naming of Wild Hybrid Swarms. Nature 118, 623–624 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118623a0
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