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Genetic relationships among Hylocereus and Selenicereus vine cacti (Cactaceae): evidence from hybridization and cytological studies.
Annals of botany - 1 Oct 2004
Tel-Zur Noemi, Abbo Shahal, Bar-Zvi Dudy, Mizrahi Yosef
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hylocereus and Selenicereus are native to tropical and sub-tropical America. Based on its taxonomic status and crossability relations it was postulated that H. megalanthus (syn. S. megalanthus) is an allotetraploid (2n = 4x = 44) derived from natural hybridization between two...
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