To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Which botanical key is correct?
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:07:09 -0800 (PST)
> A simple
> scientific definition of a (plant) Genus is that it is
> comprised of a group of plants that can interbreed.
Simple, but wrong. This is the definition of a species, not a genus.
Different species in one genus (like plums and apricots) can occasionally be
hybridized by people, but these are the exception, not the rule.
I don't mean to stifle your creativity. Dream away about impossible hybrids.