The Ins and Outs of Molinia

ByJerome Smith
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Naming issues

Research at Kew Gardens in England established that the different foliar traits of Molinia caerulea ssp. caerulea and M. caerulea ssp. arundinacea are cultural rather than genetic, which invalidates their distinction as subspecies. In the wild, the two subspecies grow together;

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