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THE Masters Lectures for 1927, delivered by Dr. C. H. Ostenfeld of Copenhagen on “The Present State of Knowledge on Hybrids between Species of Flowering Plants,” have been published in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, vol. 53, Part 1. Dr. Ostenfeld reviews past and present concepts of species, but finds it no more possible now than it was forty years ago to formulate a definition of a ‘species’ which possesses at the same time practical advantages and scientific accuracy. Any definitions which embody such modern concepts as ‘microspecies,’ ‘ecospecies,’ or ‘genospecies’ are for practical purpose useless. On the other hand, a practical definition which satisfies all minds and all ideas must necessarily possess a somewhat vague connotation.
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Flowering Plant Hybrids. Nature 122, 76–77 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122076b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122076b0