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Sacha writes:
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| English people living in bits of France, btw. ;-) But I will correct that
| info and pass it on to them outdoors. What rather surprised me was just
| how huge the Prunus grouping is. Given that taxonomists seem to spend half
| their time confusing the likes of me by changing the name of some perfectly
| happy and innocent plant, how is it that Prunus is such a big LUMP of a
| thing?!

Dunno. But some genera have been very successful - especially if
they are somewhat promiscuous in their mating, as Prunus is.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.