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Post by I'm the 1 Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:46 am

Jovibarba kwediana, a hybrid between J. allionii and J. heuffelii got it's name in a very interesting way.

Mary and Peter Mitchel that named the intespecific crossing have 3 children:

Edward
Katie and
William

... and the firts two letters of their names were used to generate the name...

E D K A W I

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Post by valleylynn Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:22 pm

Thank you Renata, I love knowing the origins of plant names. : )

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