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Orchid Taxonomy and Mycorrhiza
I put the question whether mycorrhizal associations are useful in
orchid systematics to the systematists on the discussion group TAXACOM and received this answer: "I have just attended the Species Plantarum 250 symposium in UPPSala. The last speaker from Germany or Austria gave his entire talk on the significance of mycorrhiza to plant taxonomy. Please contact Magnus Popp at Uppsala Sweden to get the details of this person." I have contacted Magnus Popp and will let this group know if anything regarding the Orchidaceae comes to light. Someone else volunteered "Tupac Otero and Mark Clements here at the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Researchand the Australian National Herbarium are looking at this issue in Australian Orchidaceae using a range of molecular techniques, and Tupac has done similar research in the neotropics." They are apparently heading into the field, so I may contact them in a couple of weeks. Other posters mentioned host specificity in mycorrhizal associations in the Ericaceae and Monotropaceae, so perhaps the idea is not as far-fetched as it may sound. Monique Reed |
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