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Crosspollinating two related species with wide morphological differences
A few years ago, I have seen a documentary film about a plant in
Hawaii, I could not remember it's name, but it looked like a weed that most people would not bother about it. This plant has quickly spread to locations at various altitudes with climatic differences, and therefore each plant has evolved into a different variation that superficially looked very different from the original plant. I also recall that the diverged species could be crossbred, because there was not enough time to make genetic divergence, but I did not see how the hybrid species would look like. Maybe the data I'm providing is not enough to give a hint to the species I'm inquiring about, but I can give you an example from the world of cacti, with which I'm much more familiar: Most cacti can be grafted on other types of cacti, because they are closely related, although they look quite different: The ribbed structure of ferocacti, the radiating shape of Mamillarias, the star-shaped Ariocarpus, and the columnar Quiabentia which still carries leaves. If we crosspolinate two different cacti and obtain viable seeds, how would the hybrid look like ? Is there an example of such a plant I would find i the market ? |
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