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Rannman

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New name for dragonfruit?
« on: May 18, 2019, 06:15:25 AM »



I’ve noticed on a local site that they’ve changed the Hylocereus to Selenicereus. Is this a thing?
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SeaWalnut

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Re: New name for dragonfruit?
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2019, 07:00:33 AM »
Almost all species have different names for the same taxon.
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Re: New name for dragonfruit?
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2019, 11:03:35 AM »
Quote from: Rannman on May 18, 2019, 06:15:25 AM
New name for dragonfruit?

No... they are using an old name for Dragon Fruit.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242237/
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